A/RES/62/141 Welcoming the holding of a commemorative high-level plenary meeting on 11 and 12 December 2007 to evaluate progress made in the implementation of the Declaration and the Plan of Action contained in the document entitled “A world fit for children”, recalling that particular attention must be paid to the protection and the rights of children living in poverty, and encouraging the inclusion of children and young people in delegations of Member States, 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, including adolescents; Urges States that have not yet done so to become parties to the 2. Convention on the Rights of the Child2 and the Optional Protocols thereto3 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 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; 0H 1H Urges States parties to withdraw reservations that are incompatible with 3. 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;4 2H Calls upon States to establish or strengthen national bodies, such as 4. independent ombudspersons for children, where appropriate, or other institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child; Welcomes the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and 5. 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 on implementation of the Convention; Takes note with appreciation of the initiatives undertaken by the 6. Committee aimed at promoting a better understanding of and fuller compliance with the rights enshrined in the Convention, namely, through the organization of days of general discussion and the adoption of general comments; Requests all relevant organs and mechanisms of the United Nations 7. system regularly and systematically to incorporate a strong child rights perspective throughout all activities in the fulfilment of their mandates, as well as to ensure that their staff are trained in child rights matters, and calls upon States to continue to cooperate closely with all those organs and mechanisms, in particular the special rapporteurs and special representatives of the United Nations system; Encourages States to strengthen their national statistical capacities and to 8. use statistics disaggregated, inter alia, by age, gender and other relevant factors that may lead to disparities and other statistical indicators at the national, subregional, regional and international levels to develop and assess social policies and programmes so that economic and social resources are used efficiently and effectively for the full realization of the rights of the child; 3