A/RES/65/197 commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to eliminate immediately the worst forms of child labour; 25. Notes with interest the outcome of the Hague Global Child Labour Conference, including the Road Map for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016; 28 26. Calls upon all States to take into account the report of the Director-General of the International Labour Organization entitled “Accelerating action against child labour”; 29 The right of the child to express his or her views freely in all matters affecting him or her 27. Reaffirms paragraphs 24 to 33 of its resolution 64/146, recognizing the right of the child to express his or her views freely in all matters affecting him or her and giving those views due weight in accordance with his or her age and maturity, and urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 33 of its resolution 64/146; III Implementing child rights in early childhood 28. Recognizes that early childhood encompasses all stages of a young child’s life until and during his or her transition to school; 29. Reaffirms that the child is the holder of all rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 and that early childhood is a critical phase for the realization of these rights; 30. Recognizes that parents and, when applicable, legal guardians and members of the extended family have the primary responsibility for the protection, upbringing and development of children, including in early childhood, and that the State and the community as a whole should provide appropriate support and assistance to parents, families, legal guardians and other caregivers; 31. Reiterates that all States should continue to make their best efforts to ensure the recognition of the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of their children; 32. Also reiterates that all public and private institutions, as well as all those responsible for the care or protection of children, should respect children’s rights, including during early childhood, taking into account the best interests of the child; 33. Recognizes that the full realization of children’s rights requires the adoption and implementation of comprehensive policies and programmes at the national and local levels for all children, including specific programmes for early childhood; 34. Also recognizes that, during early childhood, children have particular physical and emotional requirements and are especially dependent on parents and, _______________ 28 29 8 Available from www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/GlobalChildLabourConference/lang--en/index.htm. Available from www.ilo.org/declaration.