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I. Mandate and strategic priorities
1.
The mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
Violence against Children was established by the General Assembly in its resolution
62/141. The Special Representative assumed her position in September 2009 (as
noted in document A/HRC/13/46).
2.
In its resolution 67/152 of 20 December 2012, the General Assembly
recommended that the Secretary-General extend the mandate of the Special
Representative for a further period of three years, and decided that for the effective
performance of the mandate and the sustainability of its core activities, the mandate
should be funded from the regular budget starting from the biennium 2014-2015.
3.
The present report marks the start of a new phase. It builds upon progress
achieved and lessons learned in the first three years in advancing implementation of
the strategic recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against
children (hereinafter referred to as “the study”) (see A/61/299 and A/62/209); and it
takes into account the priorities identified by the Special Representative for the
second term of her mandate (see A/67/230, paras. 100-110). These include
mainstreaming the recommendations of the study in the national policy agenda;
addressing emerging concerns; tackling violence across children’s life cycles, with
priority attention to the most vulnerable children; and promoting children’s
protection from violence as a priority in the development agenda (see box I).
Box I
Role of the Special Representative
The Special Representative is a high-profile global independent
advocate for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence
against children, acting as a bridge-builder and a catalyst for action
across sectors and settings where violence against children may occur.
She promotes the protection of children from violence as a human rights
imperative, making use of mutually supportive strategies, including
advocacy; the promotion of international, regional and national
consultations to advance progress, identify good practices and promote
cross-fertilization of experience; the hosting of expert consultations; the
development of thematic studies and information materials; and the
organization of field missions. In promoting progress in the
implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on
violence against children, the Special Representative has placed a
particular emphasis on those with a time-bound target, namely:
(a) The development in each State of a national comprehensive
strategy to prevent and respond to all forms of violence;
(b) The introduction of an explicit legal ban on all forms of
violence against children, in all settings;
(c)
children.
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