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facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided
immediately before the removal or retention;
16. Further calls upon States to take all necessary measures to prevent and
combat illegal adoptions and all adoptions that are not in the best interests of the
child;
Economic and social well-being of children
17. Calls upon States and the international community to create an
environment in which the well-being of the child is ensured, including by
strengthening international cooperation in this field;
Eradication of poverty
18. Calls upon States to cooperate, support and participate in the global
efforts for poverty eradication at the global, regional and country levels, recognizing
that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are required at all
these levels, in order to ensure that all the internationally agreed development and
poverty eradication goals, including those set out in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration,5 are realized within their time framework, and reaffirms that
investments in children and the realization of their rights are among the most
effective ways to eradicate poverty;
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19. Reaffirms that the primary responsibility for ensuring an enabling
environment for securing the well-being of children, in which the rights of each and
every child are promoted and respected, rests with each individual State;
20. Calls upon all States and the international community to mobilize all
necessary resources, support and efforts to eradicate poverty, according to national
plans and strategies and in consultation with national Governments, including
through an integrated and multifaceted approach based on the rights and well-being
of children, and to continue their efforts to realize the internationally agreed
development and poverty eradication goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals;
Right to education
21. Recognizes the right to education on the basis of equal opportunity and
non-discrimination by making primary education compulsory and available free to
all children, ensuring that all children have access to education of good quality, as
well as making secondary education generally available and accessible to all, in
particular through the progressive introduction of free education, bearing in mind
that special measures to ensure equal access, including affirmative action, contribute
to achieving equal opportunity and combating exclusion, and ensuring school
attendance, in particular for girls and children from low-income families in order to
achieve the objectives of Education for All, with the aim of realizing the millennium
development goal aimed at achieving universal primary education;
22. Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education,
takes note of his report on the right to education in emergency situations, 22
recognizes that the right to education is to be respected at all times, and calls upon
Member States to adopt legal and other measures to ensure that education is
included in emergency preparedness plans;
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