Rights of the child A/RES/71/177 37. Remains deeply concerned, however, over the lack of progress on the ground in some situations and the deterioration in other situations where parties to armed conflict continue to violate with impunity the relevant provisions of applicable international law relating to the rights and protection o f children in armed conflict; 38. Expresses its deep concern about attacks, as well as threats of attacks, in contravention of applicable international law against schools and/or hospitals, and protected persons in relation to them, welcomes the publica tion of the guidance note on Security Council resolution 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011 on attacks on schools and hospitals by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary -General for Children and Armed Conflict in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and takes note of the adoption of Security Council resolution 2143 (2014) of 7 March 2014; 39. Welcomes, in this regard, the “Children, not soldiers” campaign initiated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with other United Nations partners, aimed at ending and preventing, by the end of 2016, the recruitment and use of children by the national security forces concerned, looks forward to continuing efforts in this regard by the States concerned, and requests the Special Representative to report on progress in her next report to the General Assembly; III Migrant children 40. Reaffirms the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, 42 welcomes the launch of a process of intergovernmental negotiations leading to the adoption of a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration in 2018, and stresses the centrality of full respect for the human rights of all migrants, including migrant children; 41. Also reaffirms its previous resolutions on migrant children and adolescents, on the protection of migrants and on violence against woman migrant workers, the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the protection of the human rights of all migrants and the work of the various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, particularly migrant children; 42. Further reaffirms that everyone, including all children, is entitled to all human rights and fundamental freedoms, without distinction of any kind, wherever the child is and regardless of his or her migration status; 43. Reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, including those of women and children, regardless of their migration status, in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 3 and the international instruments to which they are party; _______________ 42 Resolution 71/1. 11/19

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