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technical and financial assistance, upon the request of and in accordance with the
priorities set by the States concerned;
15. Calls upon all States and the international community to cooperate,
support and participate in the global efforts towards poverty eradication, by
fulfilling their previous commitments, implementing the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 28 and mobilizing all necessary resources and support in
that regard, according to national plans and strategies, including through an
integrated and multifaceted approach based on the rights and well -being of children;
Child labour
16. Reaffirms paragraphs 30 to 33 of its resolution 68/147, and urges States
to take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination
of the worst forms of child labour and to end child labour in all its forms, by 2025 at
the latest, and to promote education as a key strategy in this regard;
17. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying both the
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), 36 and the Minimum Age
Convention, 1973 (No. 138), 37 of the International Labour Organization;
18. Recognizes that poverty and social exclusion, labour mobility,
discrimination and lack of adequate social protection and educational opportunity,
as well as lack of birth registration, all influence child labour;
Prevention and elimination of violence against children
19. Reaffirms paragraphs 34 to 39 of its resolution 68/147 and paragraphs 47
to 62 of its resolution 62/141 of 18 December 2007 on the elimination of violence
against children, condemns all forms of violence against children, and urges all
States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 34 of its resolution 68/147
and paragraph 3 of its resolution 69/158 and:
(a) To take effective and appropriate legislative and other measures to
prohibit, prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against children in all settings,
including harmful practices in all situations, and to strengthen international, national
and local cooperation and mutual assistance in this regard;
(b) To protect children from all forms of violence, including by exercising
due diligence, investigating, prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of violence
against all children and ending impunity, to provide protection as well as universal
access to comprehensive social, physical and mental health and legal ser vices and
counselling for all victims and survivors, to ensure their full recovery and
reintegration into society, and to address the structural and underlying causes of
violence against all children through enhanced prevention measures, research and
strengthened coordination and monitoring and evaluation;
(c) To address the gender dimension of all forms of violence against children
and incorporate a gender perspective in all policies adopted and actions taken to
protect children against all forms of violence and harmful practices, including
female genital mutilation, acknowledging that girls and boys face varying risks from
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Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.
Ibid., vol. 1015, No. 14862.
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