A/67/230 Contents Page I. Mandate and strategic priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. Consolidating progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations Study on Violence against Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Widening the human rights foundation of the protection of children from violence . . . . . 4 B. Enhancing awareness and consolidating knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Reinforcing regional processes and governance mechanisms in support of national implementation efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Strengthening strategic alliances to accelerate progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Global survey on violence against children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 A. National integrated strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Legal protection of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C. Sound data and research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Accelerating progress in a complex global environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A. Climate change and natural disasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 B. Armed and community violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 C. Cost of violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Looking ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 A. Mainstreaming the Study recommendations in the national policy agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 B. Addressing emerging concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 C. Tackling violence across children’s life cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 D. Investing in the protection of the most vulnerable children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 E. Recognizing violence as a priority and cross-cutting concern in the development agenda 25 D. III. IV. V. 2 12-45164

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