Rights of the child
A/RES/72/245
information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and on the
implementation of the priority themes of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child”,
adopted at its sixty-ninth to seventy-second sessions, including progress that has been
achieved and challenges that still remain, taking into account information provided
by Member States;
(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 for
Children and Armed Conflict to increase her engagement with States, United Nations
bodies and agencies, regional organizations and especially subregional organizations
and to increase public awareness activities, including by collecting, assessing and
disseminating best practices and lessons learned, in accordance with the existing
mandate;
(d) 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 of
18 December 2007, including information on her field visits and on the progress
achieved and the challenges remaining on the violence against children agenda;
(e) To request 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, to continue to submit reports to
the General Assembly and the 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, including in the context of the imple mentation of the 2030 Agenda, as
mandated by the Council in paragraph 32 of its resolution 34/16 of 24 March 2017; 44
(f) 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-third session as a way to enhance
communication between the Assembly and the Committee;
(g) To continue its consideration of the question at its seventy -third session
under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”.
76th plenary meeting
24 December 2017
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 53
(A/72/53), chap. IV, sect. A.
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