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53. Calls upon States to ensure timely and adequate funding for national
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes for children and for
settlement, rehabilitation and reintegration efforts for all children associated with
armed forces and groups, including detained children, particularly in support of
national initiatives, and to secure the long-term sustainability of such efforts,
including through the use of a multisectoral and community-based approach that is
inclusive of all children, family-based care arrangements, as also highlighted in the
Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed
Groups (the Paris Principles), and the mobilization of financial resources and
technical assistance from international cooperation for rehabilitation and
reintegration programmes for children;
54. Notes with appreciation the steps taken regarding Security Council
resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009)
of 4 August 2009, 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011, 2068 (2012) of 19 September 2012,
2225 (2015) of 18 June 2015 and 2427 (2018) and the efforts of the Secretary-General
to implement the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict
in accordance with those resolutions, with the participation of and in cooperation with
national Governments and relevant United Nations and civil society actors, including
at the country level, requests the Secretary-General to ensure that information
collected and communicated by the monitoring and reporting mechanism is accurate,
objective and verifiable, and in this regard encourages the work and the deployment
of United Nations child protection advisers in peacekeeping operations and political
and peacebuilding missions;
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Follow-up
55. 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, including through partnerships with regional organizations, as well
as advocacy through thematic consultations, field missions and thematic reports
addressing emerging concerns, including on violence prevention in early childhood;
56. 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 of 18 December 2007, for a further
three years, and maintain support for the effective and independent performance and
sustainability of the mandate of the Special Representative, funded from the regular
budget;
57. Urges all States, requests United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes 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 the further
implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence
against children and in supporting Member States in the context of the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 30 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;
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