A/RES/68/147 Rights of the child I Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto 1. Reaffirms that the general principles of, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children; 2. Urges States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 the Optional Protocol thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 26 and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict 27 as a matter of priority and to implement them fully by, inter alia, putting in place effective national legislation, policies and action plans, strengthening relevant governmental structures for children, including, where appropriate, by establishing ministries and/or departments in charge of child and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child and ensuring adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for all those working with and for children, as well as ensuring child rights education for children themselves; 3. Welcomes, in this regard, the efforts of the Secretary-General to promote the universal ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict; 4. Also welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 23 and his reports on the implementation of the priority themes addressed in the resolutions on the rights of the child adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-first to sixty-fifth sessions, 28 and in this regard welcomes the progress achieved, recognizes the challenges that remain and calls upon States to further intensify the implementation of the Convention; 5. 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; 11 6. Encourages States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, 29 and calls upon States parties to implement it; 7. Welcomes the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, taking into account the adoption of its general comments, and its actions to follow up on its concluding observations and recommendations, and 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; _______________ 26 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2171, No. 27531. Ibid., vol. 2173, No. 27531. 28 Resolutions 61/146, 62/141, 63/241, 64/146 and 65/197. 29 Resolution 66/138, annex. 27 4/19