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where appropriate, ministers in charge of child issues and independent
commissioners for the rights of the child;
(b) Ensuring adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for
professional groups working with and for children, including specialized judges, law
enforcement officials, lawyers, social workers, medical doctors, health professionals
and teachers, and coordination among various governmental bodies involved in
children’s rights, and encourages States and relevant bodies and organizations of the
United Nations system to continue to promote education and training in this regard;
6.
Calls upon States parties:
(a) To ensure that the members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
are of high moral standing and recognized competence in the field covered by the
Convention, and serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to
equitable geographical distribution as well as to the principal legal systems;
(b) To strengthen their cooperation with the Committee and 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, as well as to take into account the recommendations made by the
Committee in the implementation of the provisions of the Convention;
Calls upon all States and relevant actors concerned to continue to
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cooperate with the special rapporteurs and special representatives of the United
Nations system in the implementation of their mandates, requests the
Secretary-General to provide them with appropriate staff and facilities from the
United Nations regular budget, when this is in accordance with their respective
mandates, invites States to continue to make voluntary contributions, where
appropriate, and urges all relevant parts of the United Nations system to provide
them with comprehensive reporting to make possible the full discharge of their
mandates;
Calls upon all States to end impunity for perpetrators of crimes
8.
committed against children, recognizing in this regard the contribution of the
establishment of the International Criminal Court as a way to prevent violations of
human rights and international humanitarian law, in particular when children are
victims of serious crimes, including the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity
and war crimes, and to bring perpetrators of such crimes to justice, and not to grant
amnesties for these crimes;
9.
Encourages all States:
(a) To strengthen their national statistical capacities and to use statistics
disaggregated, inter alia, by age, gender and other relevant factors that may lead to
disparities and other statistical indicators at the national, subregional, regional and
international levels to develop and assess social policies and programmes so that
economic and social resources are used efficiently and effectively for the full
realization of the rights of the child;
(b) To strengthen their partnership with United Nations organs, within their
respective mandates, the Bretton Woods institutions and other multilateral agencies,
as well as other relevant actors;
10. 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 throughout all activities in the fulfilment of their mandates, as well as to
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