Human Rights Council Resolution 7/28. Missing persons The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes, principles and provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by the principles and norms of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, as well as international standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, Recalling all previous resolutions on missing persons adopted by the General Assembly, as well as the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights, Considering that the problem of missing persons raises questions of both international human rights law and, as applicable, international humanitarian law, Noting with deep concern that armed conflicts are continuing in various parts of the world, often resulting in serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, Convinced that States hold the primary responsibility for countering the phenomenon of missing persons and determining the fate of missing persons and that they must recognize their accountability for implementing the relevant mechanisms, policies and laws, Bearing in mind the effective search for and identification of missing persons through traditional forensic methods, and recognizing that great technological