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Also encourages States to strengthen their partnership with United
Nations organs, within their respective mandates, the Bretton Woods institutions and
other multilateral agencies, and affirms the important role of international
cooperation for the purposes of the promotion and protection of the rights of the
child, in particular with regard to economic, social and cultural rights;
Calls upon States to strengthen their cooperation with the Committee on
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the Rights of the Child, to comply in a timely manner with their reporting
obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto, in accordance
with the guidelines elaborated by the Committee, and to take into account the
recommendations made by the Committee in the implementation of the provisions
of the Convention;
Welcomes the efforts of the Committee to reform its working methods so
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as to consider the reports of States parties in a timely manner, including its proposal
to work in two chambers, as an exceptional and temporary measure, for a period of
two years, in order to clear the backlog of reports, taking due account of equitable
geographical distribution, urges the Committee to continue to review its working
methods in order to enhance its efficiency, and requests it to assess the progress
made after two years, taking into account the wider context of treaty body reform;
10. Calls upon all States and relevant actors concerned to continue to
cooperate with the special rapporteurs and special representatives of the United
Nations system in the implementation of their mandates;
11. Requests all relevant organs of the United Nations system, the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and United Nations
mechanisms regularly and systematically to incorporate a strong child rights
perspective as well as a gender perspective throughout all activities in the fulfilment
of their mandates, as well as to ensure that their staff is trained in child protection
matters, and calls upon States to cooperate closely with them;
Promoting and protecting the rights of children and non-discrimination against
children, including children in particularly difficult situations
Identity, family relations and birth registration
12. Urges all States to intensify their efforts in order to ensure the
implementation of the right of the child to birth registration, preservation of identity,
including nationality, and family relations, as recognized by law, by:
(a) Providing, at minimal cost, simplified, expeditious and effective
procedures for birth registration;
(b) Raising awareness at the national, regional and local levels, whenever
necessary, of the importance of birth registration;
(c) Guaranteeing, to the extent consistent with each State’s obligations, the
right of a child whose parents reside in different States to maintain, on a regular
basis, save in exceptional circumstances, personal relations and direct contact with
both parents by providing means of access and visitation in both States and by
respecting the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the
upbringing and development of their children;
(d) Where alternative care is necessary, promoting family and community-based
care in preference to placement in institutions;
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