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(b) To develop national plans of action, or to strengthen existing ones, in
order to achieve the objectives of Education for All so as to ensure that all boys and
girls complete a full course of primary schooling, and reaffirms the coordinating
role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in this
regard;
(c) To design and implement programmes to provide social services and
support to pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers, in particular to enable them
to continue and complete their education;
(d) To promote an educational setting that eliminates all barriers that impede
the schooling of pregnant adolescents and adolescent mothers;
(e) To take all appropriate measures to prevent racism and discriminatory
and xenophobic attitudes and behaviour through education, keeping in mind the
important role that children play in changing those practices;
(f) To ensure that children, from an early age, benefit from education and
from participation in activities that develop respect for human rights and emphasize
the practice of non-violence, with the aim of instilling in them the values and goals
of a culture of peace, and invites States to develop national strategies for human
rights education that are comprehensive, participatory and effective;
(g) To ensure that education programmes and materials reflect fully the
promotion and protection of human rights and values of peace, tolerance and gender
equality, using every opportunity presented by the International Decade for a
Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010;
(h) To harness the rapidly evolving information and communication
technologies to support education at an affordable cost, including open and distance
education, while reducing inequality in access and quality;
26.
Urges States:
(a) To take measures to protect students from violence, injury or abuse,
including sexual abuse and intimidation or maltreatment in schools, to establish
complaint mechanisms that are age-appropriate and accessible to children and to
undertake thorough and prompt investigations of all acts of violence and
discrimination;
(b)
To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools;
Freedom from violence
27. Calls upon States to take all appropriate measures to prevent and protect
children from all forms of violence, including physical, mental and sexual violence,
torture, child abuse, abuse by police, other law enforcement authorities and
employees and officials in detention centres or welfare institutions, including
orphanages, and domestic violence;
28. Also calls upon States to investigate and submit cases of torture and other
forms of violence against children to the competent authorities for the purpose of
prosecution and to impose appropriate disciplinary or penal sanctions against those
responsible for such practices;
29. Requests all relevant human rights mechanisms, in particular special
rapporteurs and working groups, within their mandates, to pay attention to the
special situations of violence against children, reflecting their experiences in the
field;
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