Rights of the child
A/RES/71/177
the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in
the present resolution, with a focus on violence against children;
(b) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly
and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her
mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and
the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;
(c) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children to continue to submit annual reports to the General
Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the
fulfilment of her mandate, consistent with paragraphs 58 and 59 of its resolution
62/141, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and
the challenges remaining on the violence against children agenda;
(d) To request the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to continue to submit
reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities
undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate, including information on her field
visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining in the prevention
and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and
the sexual exploitation and abuse of children;
(e) To invite the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to
present an oral report on the work of the Committee and to engage in an interactive
dialogue with the General Assembly at its seventy-second session as a way to
enhance communication between the Assembly and the Committee;
(f) To continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-second
session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”,
focusing on section III of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child” on the theme
“Violence against children”.
65th plenary meeting
19 December 2016
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