51. Notes with concern the impact of small arms and light weapons on children in situations of armed conflict, in particular as a result of their illicit production and traffic, and calls upon States to address this problem; 52. Welcomes the ongoing efforts by, inter alia, regional organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to ensure the effective application of international standards concerning the participation of children in armed conflict, and their demobilization, recovery and social reintegration; 53. Urges all parties to armed conflicts to ensure that the protection, welfare and rights of children are taken into account during peace negotiations and throughout the process of consolidating peace in the aftermath of conflict; 54. Urges States and United Nations agencies and bodies, in particular the United Nations Children’s Fund, non-governmental organizations and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, to continue to focus attention on those who involve children as soldiers in armed conflicts in breach of international standards; 55. Decides, with regard to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, to recommend that the Special Representative and the relevant parts of the United Nations system continue to develop a concerted approach on the rights, protection and welfare of children affected by armed conflict, and to increase cooperation among their respective mandates and with national and international non-governmental organizations including, as appropriate, in the planning of field visits and follow-up to the recommendations of the Special Representative; 56. Recommends that, whenever sanctions are imposed in the context of armed conflict their impact on children be assessed and monitored and, to the extent that they are humanitarian exemptions, they be child-focused and formulated with clear guidelines for their application, and reaffirms the recommendations of the General Assembly and the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent; VII. RECOVERY AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION 57. Urges States and all other relevant actors: (a) To take all appropriate measures to promote the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim of any form of neglect; exploitation, or abuse; torture or any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; or armed conflicts; (b) To allocate appropriate resources for comprehensive and gender-sensitive programmes for the recovery of child victims of the above-mentioned violations of the rights of the child; 58. Encourages States to cooperate, including through bilateral and multilateral technical cooperation and financial assistance, in the implementation of their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including in the prevention of any activity contrary to the rights of the child and in the rehabilitation and social integration of the victims, such assistance and cooperation to be undertaken in consultation by concerned States and other relevant international organizations; VIII. 59. Decides: (a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its fifty-seventh session a report on the rights of the child, with information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and on the problems addressed in the present resolution; (b) To continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-seventh session under the same agenda item. page 12