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37. Remains deeply concerned, however, over the lack of progress on the
ground in some situations and the deterioration in other situations where parties to
armed conflict continue to violate with impunity the relevant provisions of
applicable international law relating to the rights and protection o f children in armed
conflict;
38. Expresses its deep concern about attacks, as well as threats of attacks, in
contravention of applicable international law against schools and/or hospitals, and
protected persons in relation to them, welcomes the publica tion of the guidance note
on Security Council resolution 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011 on attacks on schools
and hospitals by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary -General
for Children and Armed Conflict in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s
Fund, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, and takes note of the adoption of Security Council
resolution 2143 (2014) of 7 March 2014;
39. Welcomes, in this regard, the “Children, not soldiers” campaign initiated
by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed
Conflict and the United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with other United
Nations partners, aimed at ending and preventing, by the end of 2016, the
recruitment and use of children by the national security forces concerned, looks
forward to continuing efforts in this regard by the States concerned, and requests the
Special Representative to report on progress in her next report to the General
Assembly;
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Migrant children
40. Reaffirms the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, 42
welcomes the launch of a process of intergovernmental negotiations leading to the
adoption of a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration in 2018, and
stresses the centrality of full respect for the human rights of all migrants, including
migrant children;
41. Also reaffirms its previous resolutions on migrant children and
adolescents, on the protection of migrants and on violence against woman migrant
workers, the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights
Council on the protection of the human rights of all migrants and the work of the
various special mechanisms of the Council that have reported on the situation of the
human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants, particularly migrant children;
42. Further reaffirms that everyone, including all children, is entitled to all
human rights and fundamental freedoms, without distinction of any kind, wherever
the child is and regardless of his or her migration status;
43. Reaffirms the duty of States to effectively promote and protect the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, including those of women and
children, regardless of their migration status, in conformity with the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights 3 and the international instruments to which they are
party;
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