A/RES/66/141 3. Calls upon States parties to withdraw reservations that are incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention or the Optional Protocols thereto and to consider reviewing regularly other reservations with a view to withdrawing them in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;6 Takes note with appreciation of the adoption on 17 June 2011 by the 4. Human Rights Council of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child providing a communications procedure complementary to the reporting procedure under the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 25 Encourages States parties, in implementing the provisions of 5. Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto, to take note of recommendations, observations and general comments of the Committee on Rights of the Child, including, inter alia, general comment No. 9 (2006) on rights of children with disabilities; 26 the the the the Welcomes actions of the Committee to monitor the implementation by 6. States parties of the Convention, and notes with appreciation its actions to follow up on its concluding observations and recommendations, and in this regard underlines, in particular, the regional workshops and the participation of the Committee in national-level initiatives; II Promotion and protection of the rights of the child and non-discrimination against children Non-discrimination 7. Reaffirms paragraphs 9 to 11 of its resolution 63/241 of 24 December 2008, and calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, political, cultural, economic and social rights without discrimination of any kind; Registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care 8. Also reaffirms paragraphs 12 to 16 of its resolution 63/241, and urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 to protect children in matters relating to registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care, and, in cases of international parental or familial child abduction, encourages States to facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention; Recalls the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, contained in 9. the annex to its resolution 64/142 of 18 December 2009, as a set of orientations to help to inform policy and practice, and encourages States to take them into account; Economic and social well-being of children, eradication of poverty, right to education, right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and right to food 10. Reaffirms paragraphs 17 to 26 of its resolution 63/241, paragraphs 42 to 52 of its resolution 61/146 of 19 December 2006, on the theme of children and _______________ 25 26 4 Resolution 66/138, annex. Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/63/41), annex III.

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