A/RES/68/147 Rights of the child notes the increasing role played by the Security Council in ensuring protection for children affected by armed conflict, and also notes the activities undertaken by the Peacebuilding Commission in areas that promote and contribute to the enjoyment of the rights and welfare of children; 67. 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 and 2068 (2012) of 19 September 2012, 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; 68. Welcomes the work of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for Children and Armed Conflict, and recognizes the increased level of activity of her office and the progress achieved since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative; 69. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Representative 25 and of the significant developments and achievements in the protection of children in armed conflict at the national and international levels, and emphasizes the contribution of the field visits conducted by the Special Representative with the consent of the State concerned in situations of armed conflict as an important element in the implementation of her mandate; 70. Recalls that all parties bear the primary responsibility for the protection of children, recalls the obligations to refrain from attacking schools in violation of international humanitarian law and to take all feasible precautionary measures to protect civilians from such attacks, in particular schoolchildren, and urges States to avoid using schools for military purposes and to ensure safe and continuous access to education in times of conflict; III Follow-up 71. Decides: (a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a report on the rights of the child containing information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in the present resolution, with a focus on progress achieved and challenges in protecting children from discrimination and overcoming inequalities, in the light of the twentyfifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (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 discharging her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda; 18/19