Rights of the child A/RES/71/177 I Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto 1. Reaffirms paragraphs 1 to 10 of its resolution 68/147 of 18 December 2013, urges States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 and to the Optional Protocols thereto 2 as a matter of priority and to implement them effectively and fully, and encourages further efforts by the Secretary-General in this regard; 2. Notes the entry into force on 14 April 2014 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, 34 and calls upon States to consider its accession, ratification and implementation; 3. Urges 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; 14 4. Welcomes the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and, taking into account the adoption of its general comments and its actions to follow up on its concluding observations on the implementation of the Convention and recommendations, calls upon all States to strengthen their cooperation with the Committee, to comply in a timely manner with their reporting obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto, in accordance with the guidelines elaborated by the Committee, and to take into account its recommendations, observations and general comments on the implementation of the Convention; 5. Also welcomes the attention paid to the rights of the child by the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and for Children and Armed Conflict and the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and, in this regard, their contribution to the progress achieved in the promotion and the protection of the rights of children; II Promotion and protection of the rights of the child and non-discrimination against children Non-discrimination 6. Reaffirms paragraphs 11 to 14 of its resolution 68/147, and calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights without discrimination of any kind; 7. Calls upon States to develop gender- and age-sensitive policies and capacities to ensure the rights and address the particular needs of children, including migrant children, and prevent and respond to cases of gender -based violence; 8. Notes with concern the large number of children belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, migrant children, refugee or asylumseeking children, internally displaced children, and children of indigenous origin who are victims of discrimination, including racism, racial discrimination, _______________ 34 Resolution 66/138, annex. 5/19