Rights of the child
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50. Urges all States and all relevant stakeholders to give high priority to the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the
education-related Sustainable Development Goal and targets;
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Follow-up
51. Expresses support for the work of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and recognizes the progress
achieved since the establishment of her mandate in promoting the prevention and
elimination of all forms of violence against children in all regions and in advancing
the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence
against children, 33 including through her regional and thematic consultations and
field missions, and thematic reports addressing emerging concerns;
52. Recommends that the Secretary-General extend the mandate of the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, as
established in paragraphs 58 and 59 of its resolution 62/141, for a further three
years, and maintain support for the effective and independent performance and the
sustainability of the mandate of the Special Representative, funded from the regular
budget;
53. Urges all States, requests United Nations entities and agencies, and
invites regional organizations and civil society, including non -governmental
organizations, to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
on Violence against Children in promoting further implementation of the
recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children, and
encourages States to provide support to the Special Representative, including
adequate voluntary financial support for the continued, effective and independent
performance of her mandate, and invites organizations, including the private sector ,
to provide voluntary contributions for that purpose;
54. Recalls its resolution 69/157, in which it invited the Secretary General to
commission an in-depth global study on children deprived of liberty, to be funded
through voluntary contributions, and in this regard encourages Member States,
United Nations agencies, funds, programmes and offices, as well as other relevant
stakeholders to support the elaboration of the study;
55.
Decides:
(a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-first session a report on the rights of the child containing information on the
status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in the
present resolution, with a focus on migrant children;
(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 activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her
mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and
the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;
(c) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children to continue to submit annual reports to the General
Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the
fulfilment of her mandate, consistent with paragraphs 58 and 59 of its resolution
15/16