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66. Also recognizes that the prevention and eradication of child labour and
action towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular
those related to education, poverty eradication, gender equality and global
partnership for development, mutually reinforce each other;
67. Further recognizes that, given the role of the family environment in the
full and harmonious development of the child and in preventing and eradicating
child labour, children and their families should be entitled to receive comprehensive
protection and support;
68. Recognizes that child labour contributes to the perpetuation of poverty
and remains a central obstacle to realizing the right of all children to education and
to protection from violence, abuse and exploitation and that education, at the same
time, including literacy and adult education initiatives within the framework of
international and regional cooperation, is a key element in preventing and eradicating
poverty and child labour;
69. Takes note with appreciation of the establishment of the Global Task
Force on Child Labour and Education for All by a number of relevant organizations
of the United Nations system and civil society representatives and of the effort to
integrate more closely work on tackling child labour and promoting education for all
children;
70. Urges all States that have not yet ratified the Convention concerning
Minimum Age for Admission to Employment, 1973 (Convention No. 138) and the
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of
the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (Convention No. 182) of the International
Labour Organization to consider doing so as a matter of priority;
71. Recognizes the decisive role of employers’ and workers’ organizations in
the prevention and eradication of child labour and that their continuous commitment
and engagement remain essential;
72. Also recognizes the prevalence of violence against children in many work
settings, including physical punishment, humiliation and sexual harassment,
including in the context of unregulated domestic work, and encourages the
International Labour Organization to pay particular attention to violence against
children in work settings, including the issue of domestic work;
73. Calls upon all States to translate into concrete action their commitment
to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be
hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education or to be harmful to the child’s
health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, to eliminate
immediately the worst forms of child labour, to promote education as a key strategy
in this regard, including the creation of vocational training and apprenticeship
programmes and the integration of working children into the formal education
system, and to examine and devise economic policies, where necessary, in
cooperation with the international community, that address factors contributing to
these forms of child labour;
74.
Also calls upon all States:
(a) To elaborate and implement strategies for the prevention and elimination
of child labour contrary to accepted international standards, including time-bound
strategies for the immediate elimination of the worst forms of child labour, and for
the protection of children from all forms of economic exploitation, giving special
attention to specific dangers faced by girls and by boys;
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