A/RES/72/245
Rights of the child
Registration, family relations, adoption and alternative care
4.
Reaffirms paragraphs 11 and 12 of its resolution 71/177 and 15 to 19 of its
resolution 68/147, and urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with
their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to preserve the
identity of children, including their nationality, name and family relations, as
recognized by law, to protect children in matters relating to birth registration, family
relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care, recognizing that every effort
should be directed to enabling children to remain in or swiftly return to the care of
their parents or, when appropriate, other close family members and that, where
alternative care is necessary, family and community-based care should be promoted
over placement in institutions;
5.
Calls upon States to take all measures necessary to prevent and combat
illegal adoptions and all adoptions that are not in the best interest s of the child;
Economic and social well-being of children
6.
Reaffirms paragraphs 13 to 15 of its resolution 71/177 and 20 to 29 of its
resolution 68/147, calls upon all States and the international community to create an
enabling environment in which the well-being of the child is ensured, including by
strengthening international cooperation in this field and by implementing their
commitments, including the Sustainable Development Goals, 30 and reaffirms that
investment in children, especially for early childhood development, has high
economic and social returns and that all related efforts to ensure that resources
allocated and spent for children, especially on children’s education and health, should
serve as a means for the fulfilment of the rights of the child;
Child labour
7.
Reaffirms paragraphs 16 to 18 of its resolution 71/177 and 30 to 33 of its
resolution 68/147, urges States to take immediate and effective measures to secure
the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour and to end child
labour in all its forms, by 2025 at the latest, and to promote education as a key
strategy, in this regard notes the convening of the Global Conference on the Sustained
Eradication of Child Labour in Buenos Aires from 14 to 16 November 2017, and urges
States to continue to promote the engagement of all sectors of society in creating an
enabling environment for the eradication of child labour;
Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children
in particularly difficult situations
8.
Reaffirms paragraphs 26 to 28 of its resolution 71/177 and 40 to 48 of its
resolution 68/147, and calls upon all States to promote and protect all human rights
of all children and to implement evidence-based programmes and measures that
provide them with special protection and assistance, including access to inclusive and
equitable quality education, health care and social services;
Migrant children
9.
Reaffirms paragraphs 40 to 87 of its resolution 71/177, and calls upon
States to effectively promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms
of all children affected by migration, regardless of their migration status, and to
address international migration through international, regional or bilateral
cooperation and dialogue and through a comprehensive and balanced approach, while
recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination
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