A/HRC/RES/28/34 Recognizing the important contribution of the United Nations human rights system to efforts towards preventing situations in which the crime of genocide could be committed, Reaffirming its full support for the mandate of the Special Adviser to the SecretaryGeneral on the Prevention of Genocide, who acts as, inter alia, an early warning mechanism to prevent potential situations that could result in genocide, Taking note of the new framework of analysis for atrocity crimes developed by the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect as one of the tools to assess the risk of genocide in any situation, and encouraging Member States and regional and subregional organizations to use relevant frameworks, as appropriate, for guidance in their prevention work, Taking note with appreciation of the presentation of the reports of the SecretaryGeneral submitted to the Human Rights Council on the implementation of the Five-Point Action Plan2 and the activities of the Special Adviser, 3 as well as of the convening of four interactive dialogues with the Special Adviser at the third, seventh, tenth and twenty-fifth sessions of the Council, Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome,4 Welcoming the high-level panel discussion dedicated to the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide at its twentyfifth session, with the participation of Member States, relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and other relevant stakeholders, Taking note of the interactive dialogue dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the creation of the mandate of the Special Adviser at its twenty-fifth session, Acknowledging the important role played by regional and subregional arrangements in the prevention of genocide and response to situations that may lead to genocide, and taking note in this respect of the establishment of the Regional Committee for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and All Forms of Discrimination by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, and of the establishment of respective national committees by the member States of the Conference, the Latin American Network for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, the Genocide Network of the European Union and other national, regional and international initiatives, Acknowledging also the successful outcome of the regional forums on the prevention of genocide – the first, in Buenos Aires, from 10 to 12 December 2008; the second, in Arusha, from 3 to 5 March 2010; the third, in Bern, from 4 to 6 April 2011; and the fourth, in Phnom Penh, from 28 February to 1 March 2013 – and taking note of the first international meeting of Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes, held in San José from 4 to 6 March 2014, Acknowledging further that victims of and others affected by the crime of genocide as defined in the Convention call for a form of memorialization, which plays an important role in the prevention of genocide, 1. Reaffirms the significance of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as an effective international instrument for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide; 2 3 4 E/CN.4/2006/84. A/HRC/7/37 and A/HRC/10/30. General Assembly resolution 60/1. 3