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displaced persons, in accordance with the obligations of States under the
Convention on the Rights of the Child;2
7.
Calls upon all States and other parties to armed conflict, as well as
United Nations organizations and bodies, to give urgent attention, in terms of
protection and assistance, to the fact that refugee and internally displaced children
are particularly exposed to risks in connection with armed conflict, such as being
forcibly recruited or subjected to sexual violence, abuse or exploitation;
8.
Expresses its deep concern about the growing number of refugee and
internally displaced children who are unaccompanied or separated from their
families, and calls upon all States and United Nations bodies and agencies and other
relevant organizations to give priority to programmes for family tracing and
reunification and to continue to monitor the care arrangements for refugee and
internally displaced children who are unaccompanied or separated from their
families;
Children with disabilities
9.
Encourages the working group on the rights of children with disabilities
established pursuant to the decision of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to
put into practice as soon as possible the recommendations arising from the day of
general discussion on the rights of children with disabilities, held on 6 October
1997, 13 including the drafting of a plan of action on children with disabilities, in
close cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on disability of the Commission for
Social Development and other relevant parts of the United Nations system;
10. Encourages the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral
International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of
Persons with Disabilities to consider the issue of children with disabilities in its
deliberations;
11. Calls upon all States to take all necessary measures to ensure the full and
equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with
disabilities, and to develop and enforce legislation against their discrimination so as
to ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate their active participation in the
community, including effective access to educational and health services;
Migrant children
12. Calls upon States to protect all human rights of migrant children, in
particular unaccompanied migrant children, and to ensure that the best interest of
the child shall accordingly be a primary consideration, and encourages the
Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Children’s Fund and other
relevant United Nations bodies, within their respective mandates, to pay particular
attention to the conditions of migrant children in all States and, as appropriate, to
make recommendations to strengthen their protection;
13. Also calls upon States to cooperate fully with and assist the Special
Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the human rights of migrants in
addressing the particularly vulnerable conditions of migrant children;
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/53/41),
sect. IV.C.2; and ibid., Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/55/41), sect. IV.C.2.
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