Rights of the child A/RES/72/245 to Development, 26 the Declaration of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children, held in New York from 11 to 13 December 2007, 27 the outcome document, entitled “The future we want”, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 2 2 June 2012, 28 and the outcome document of the third Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October 2013, and recalling also the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development 29 and the World Education Forum 2015, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015, Underscoring the importance of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 30 in ensuring the enjoyment of the rights of the child, Welcoming the work undertaken on a global compact on refugees and a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration, to be considered for adoption in 2018, and recalling the importance of protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all refugee and migrant children, with the best interests of the child as a primary consideration, Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document of the twenty -seventh special session of the General Assembly 31 and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in resolution 71/177, 32 as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, 33 the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict 34 and the joint report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, and the Special Rapporteur of the Council on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, 35 whose recommendations should be carefully studied, taking fully into account the views of Member States, Reaffirming that States have the primary responsibility to respect, promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the rights of the child, Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental and local structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children, in the best interests of the child, and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding, __________________ 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 17-23328 Resolution 41/128, annex. Resolution 62/88. Resolution 66/288, annex. See A/69/76, annex, enclosure 2. Resolution 70/1. A/72/208. A/72/356. A/72/275. A/72/276. A/72/164. 3/15

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