A/RES/55/116 (j) To continue to implement its commitment to the democratization process and the rule of law and to create, in this context, conditions that would allow for a democratization process that is genuine and wholly reflects the aspirations of the people of the country and ensures their full participation; (k) To continue efforts to implement the commitment made to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict not to recruit children under the age of eighteen as soldiers; (l) To implement the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners 9 and to raise the age of criminal responsibility for children in order to take into account the observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child; 5. Encourages the Government of the Sudan to continue to pursue its dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the basis of the agreement of 29 March 2000 between the Government and the High Commissioner, with a view to establishing a permanent representation of the High Commissioner; 6. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to take into consideration requests for assistance by the Government of the Sudan, inter alia, with a view to establishing a permanent representation of the High Commissioner as a matter of priority; 7. Calls upon the international community to expand its support for activities, in particular those of the Committee for the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children, aimed at improving respect for human rights and humanitarian law during the conflict; 8. Decides to continue its consideration of the situation of human rights in the Sudan at its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Human rights questions”, in the light of further elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights. 81st plenary meeting 4 December 2000 9 See Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments, volume I (First Part), (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.XIV.1 (Vol. I, Part 1)). 6