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9. Stresses the need to combat the existence of a market that encourages such criminal practices
against children;
10. Urges States, in cases of sex tourism, to develop or strengthen and implement laws to
criminalize the acts of nationals of the countries of origin when committed against children in the
countries of destination, to ensure that a person who exploits a child for sexual abuse purposes in another
country is prosecuted by competent national authorities, either in the country of origin or in the country
of destination, to strengthen laws and law enforcement, including confiscation and seizure of assets and
profits and other sanctions, against those who commit sexual crimes against children in countries of
destination and to share relevant data;
11. Requests States to step up cooperation and concerted action by all relevant law enforcement
authorities and institutions with a view to dismantling national, regional and international networks in
trafficking in children;
12. Invites States to allocate resources to provide comprehensive programmes designed to heal and
to rehabilitate into society child victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation, including through job
training, legal assistance and confidential health care, and to take all appropriate measures to promote their
physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration;
IV
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT
1. Expresses grave concern at the numerous damaging effects of armed conflict on children,
including the use of children as combatants in such situations, and emphasizes the need for the world
community to focus increased attention on this serious problem with a view to bringing it to an end;
2. Invites all States to accede to relevant international human rights and humanitarian law
instruments, and urges them to implement those instruments to which they are parties;
3. Calls upon all States and other parties to armed conflict to respect international humanitarian
law, and, in this regard, calls upon States parties to respect fully the provisions of the Geneva Conventions
of 12 August 194911 and the additional protocols thereto of 1977,12 while bearing in mind resolution 2 of
the twenty-sixth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, held at Geneva from 3 to
7 December 1995, and to respect the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child which
accord children affected by armed conflict special protection and treatment;
4. Calls upon States and United Nations bodies and organizations to treat children during conflict
and in post-conflict situations as a priority concern in human rights, humanitarian and development
activities, including in field operations and country programmes, to enhance coordination and cooperation
throughout the United Nations system and to ensure effective protection for children affected by armed
conflict;
11
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.
12
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
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