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(d) Take appropriate legal and other measures to prevent sexual exploitation and
prostitution of children;
(e) Train law-enforcement officials, social workers, judges and prosecutors on
how to receive, monitor and investigate complaints, and in a child-sensitive manner that
respects confidentiality;
(f) Prioritize recovery assistance and ensure that education and training, as well
as psychological assistance and counselling, are provided to victims;
(g) Continue to implement appropriate policies and programmes for prevention,
recovery and social reintegration of child victims, in accordance with the Declaration and
Agenda for Action and the Global Commitment adopted at the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World
Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children as well as the outcome of other
international conferences on this issue.
Sale of children and trafficking
88.
The Committee notes the information shared by the State party delegation on the threephase programme of prevention, protection and prosecution and welcomes the formulation of the
National Plan of Action against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children, including
Trafficking (NPA-SEACT). However, the Committee is concerned at the lack of implementation
of the Plan and the lack of information on the sale of children.
89.
The Committee reiterates, with urgency, its previous recommendation that the State
party concentrate its efforts to combat the sale of children and trafficking and inter alia:
(a) Ensure that child victims of sale and trafficking are not criminalized;
(b) Strengthen partnerships with the community, relevant NGOs and
international development partners to provide child victims of trafficking with adequate
recovery and social reintegration services and programmes;
(c) Undertake an in-depth study on the trafficking in children in order to assess
its scope and root causes and enable effective monitoring, and adoption of measures to
prevent, combat and eliminate it;
(d) Exchange information and expertise among relevant ministries, national and
international organizations and improve coordination and the availability and reliability of
data, disaggregated by age, sex, and ethnic and socioeconomic background, on children
who are sold or trafficked within the State party or to neighbouring countries;
(e) Consider ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking
in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
(f) Seek technical assistance from, among others, ILO, the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and UNICEF.
Helpline
90.
The Committee notes that current available technologies and resources within the State
party have the potential to set-up a well-functioning child helpline. Nevertheless, the Committee