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Rights of the child
13. Recognizes the threat to the achievement of the internationally agreed
development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, posed by the
global financial and economic crisis, which is connected to multiple, interrelated
global crises and challenges, such as the food crisis and continuing food insecurity,
volatile energy and commodity prices, environmental degradation and climate
change, and calls upon States to address, in their response to these crises, the
negative impact on the full enjoyment of the rights of children;
Elimination of violence against children
14. Reaffirms paragraphs 27 to 32 of its resolution 63/241 and paragraphs 47
to 62 of its resolution 62/141 of 18 December 2007, on the theme of elimination of
violence against children, condemns all forms of violence against children, and
urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 27 of its resolution
63/241;
15. Urges States to take, or strengthen, as appropriate, legislative and other
measures to effectively prevent, prohibit and eliminate all forms of violence against
children, in all settings;
16. Notes with appreciation the consolidated partnerships promoted by the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children to
achieve progress in preventing and eliminating violence against children, in
coordination with national Governments, United Nations agencies, regional
organizations, human rights bodies and mechanisms and representatives of civil
society and with the participation of children;
17. Takes note with appreciation of the thematic report of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on tackling
violence in schools: a global perspective — bridging the gap between standards and
practice, and the joint report of the Special Representative, the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime on prevention of and responses to violence against children within
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Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children
in particularly difficult situations
18. Reaffirms paragraphs 34 to 42 of its resolution 63/241, and calls upon all
States to promote and protect all human rights of all children in particularly difficult
situations and to implement programmes and measures that provide them with
special protection and assistance, including access to health care, education and
social services, as well as, where appropriate and feasible, voluntary repatriation,
reintegration, family tracing and family reunification, in particular for children who
are unaccompanied, and to ensure that the best interests of the child are a primary
consideration;
19. Recalls Human Rights Council resolution 19/37 of 23 March 2012 on the
rights of the child,29 and calls for its implementation;
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