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61. Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence
against children, upon his/her appointment, and the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to cooperate and coordinate
their activities, bearing in mind their complementarity, and in this regard to ensure
between them, within their respective mandates, that the situations of all children
subject to or at risk of violence are addressed, including those of armed conflict,
foreign occupation, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, terrorism or
hostage-taking, or where peacekeeping operations are deployed, in order to ensure
that no child is left uncovered;
62. Requests the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence
against children to report annually to the General Assembly, the Human Rights
Council and the Economic and Social Council and to ensure that this reporting
contains relevant, accurate and objective information on violence against children,
taking into account the views of Member States and observers, the outcome of the
special sessions of the Assembly on children and the United Nations study on
violence against children, bearing in mind existing mandates;
IV
Follow-up
63.
Decides:
(a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
sixty-third session a report on the rights of the child, containing information on the
status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child2 and the issues addressed in the
present resolution;
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(b) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly
and the Human Rights Council on the progress achieved and the remaining
challenges on the children and armed conflict agenda;
(c) To invite the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to
present an oral report on the work of the Committee to the General Assembly at its
sixty-third session as a way to enhance communication between the Assembly and
the Committee;
(d) To continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-third session
under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”,
focusing section III of the resolution on the rights of the child on “Child labour,
with a special emphasis on its causes, including poverty and lack of education” in
2008 and on “The right of the child to express his/her views freely in all matters
affecting him/her” in 2009.
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