A/RES/62/141 Recognizing the importance of the integration of child rights issues into the follow-up of the outcome documents of all major United Nations conferences, special sessions and summits, Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly 12 and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues raised in Assembly resolution 61/146, 13 as well as the report of the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 14 1F 12F 13F Recognizing the importance of incorporating a child-protection perspective across the human rights agenda, as highlighted in the outcome of the 2005 World Summit, 15 14F Taking note with appreciation of the attention paid to children in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 16 and in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 17 15F 16F Noting with appreciation the attention paid to children in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 18 17F Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical, in an increasingly globalized environment, as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, environmental damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, foreign occupation, displacement, violence, terrorism, abuse, exploitation, trafficking in children and their organs, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism, neglect, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, racism, xenophobia, gender inequality, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for, Reiterating that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in particular for developing countries, and recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children, and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it, Reaffirming that democracy, development, peace and security, and the full and effective enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually reinforcing and contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty, Reaffirming also the need for mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies and programmes relating to children, and recognizing the child as a rights holder in all policies and programmes relating to children, _______________ 12 A/62/259. A/62/182. 14 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Third Committee, 14th meeting (A/C.3/62/SR.14), and corrigendum. 15 See resolution 60/1, para. 128. 16 Resolution 61/106, annex I. 17 Resolution 61/177, annex. 18 Resolution 61/295, annex. 13 2