available to the Special Representative for the effective performance of his mandate, to encourage the United
Nations Children s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide support to the Special Representative, and
to call upon other institutions and States to provide voluntary contributions for that purpose;
16.
Decides, with regard to preventive measures, to request the Secretary-General, in cooperation
with States, international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, to consider modalities for
organizing regional training programmes for members of the armed forces relating to the protection of children
and women during armed conflicts;
V
Protection of refugee and internally displaced children
17.
Calls upon all States:
(a)
To protect refugee and internally displaced children, including through policies for their care,
well-being and development, in such areas as health, education and psychosocial rehabilitation, with the
necessary international cooperation, in particular with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in accordance
with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and taking into account the 1994
guidelines on protection and care of refugee children of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees and the Conclusion on refugee children and adolescents adopted by the Executive Committee of the
High Commissioner's Programme at its forty-eighth session in October 1997, as well as the recommendations of
the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons (see E/CN.4/1998/53 and Add.1 and
2);
(b)
And United Nations bodies and agencies, in coordination with other international humanitarian
organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, to ensure the early identification and
registration of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, to give priority to programmes for
family tracing and reunification, and to continue monitoring the care arrangements for unaccompanied refugee
and internally displaced children, taking into account the 1997 guidelines on policies and procedures in dealing
with unaccompanied children seeking asylum of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees;
(c)
And other parties to armed conflicts to recognize that refugee and internally displaced children
are particularly exposed to the risks of injury, exploitation and death in connection with armed conflicts, such as
being forcibly recruited or subjected to sexual violence, abuse or exploitation, stressing the special vulnerability
of households headed by children, and calls upon Governments and United Nations bodies and organizations to
give those situations urgent attention, enhancing protection and assistance mechanisms, with the participation of
women and youth in the design, delivery and monitoring of measures to protect them;
VI
Elimination of the exploitation of child labour
18.
Welcomes:
(a)
The report of the Secretary-General on exploitation of child labour, submitted pursuant to
General Assembly resolution 51/77 of 12 December 1996 (A/52/523), concerning initiatives aimed at
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