lawyers, social workers, medical doctors and teachers, and coordination between various governmental bodies involved in children’s rights; 12. Urges States to take all appropriate measures for the implementation of their obligations under the Convention, bearing in mind article 4 of the Convention; 13. Recommends that, within their mandates, all relevant human rights mechanisms, in particular special rapporteurs and working groups, and all other relevant organs and mechanisms of the United Nations system and the specialized agencies regularly and systematically take a child’s rights perspective into account in the implementation of their mandates, especially by paying attention to particular situations in which children are in danger and where their rights are violated, and that they take into account the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child; 14. Decides, with regard to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to request the SecretaryGeneral to ensure the provision of appropriate staff and facilities from the United Nations regular budget for the effective and expeditious performance of the functions of the Committee, while noting the temporary support given by the plan of action of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen the implementation of the Convention, and invites the Committee to continue to enhance its constructive dialogue with the States parties and its transparent and effective functioning; II. PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF RIGHTS OF CHILDREN Identity, family relations and birth registration 15. Calls upon all States: (a) To intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth, including by the consideration of simplified, expeditious and effective procedures; (b) To undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful interference and, where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, to provide appropriate assistance and protection with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity; (c) To ensure, as far as possible, the right of the child to know and be cared for by his or her parents; (d) To ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary for the best interest of the child; such determination may be necessary in a particular case, such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the parents, or one where the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the child’s place of residence; Health 16. Calls upon all States: (a) And relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization, to pay particular attention to the development of sustainable health systems and social services to ensure the effective prevention of diseases, malnutrition, disabilities and infant and child mortality, including through prenatal and postnatal health care, as well as the provision of necessary medical treatment and health care to all children, taking into consideration the special needs of young children, including prevention of common infectious diseases, the special needs of adolescents, including those relating to reproductive and sexual health and threats from substance abuse and violence, and the particular needs of children living in poverty, children in situations of armed conflict and in vulnerable groups; (b) And relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the World Health Organization, to continue to promote education and training of health professionals and other relevant page 4

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