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empowerment and safety of all children, including those living in rural and remote areas and
those with disabilities, including by providing distance learning opportunities, especially in
developing countries;
7.
Calls upon States to engage in multi-stakeholder efforts, including with the
private sector and civil society, to help to mitigate the potential risks posed by the digital
environment for children, such as through media, digital and civic literacy education, as well
as the use of games for such purposes, as complementary measures to enhance children’s
understanding;
8.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, to convene five regional workshops, including through hybrid modalities, to assess
the risks to the safety of the child in the digital environment and best practices to address
these risks in different geographical areas, bearing in mind current and emerging business
models, with the participation of civil society, including the private sector, child rights and
youth-led non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, family organizations
and faith-based organizations, as well as the contribution of children, and also with the
participation of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against
Children, the Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children,
the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences,
the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and
representatives of the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Children's
Fund and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in addition to inviting the Chair of
the Committee on the Rights of the Child and representatives of WeProtect Global Alliance;
9.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report
containing a summary of those consultations, in an accessible and child-friendly format,
which includes recommendations from the different stakeholders for options for a framework
on the safety of children, including possible options for the global level, with a coordinated
and cooperative multi-stakeholder approach, which involves private entities in particular, and
with effective and targeted measures and activities, and to present it to the Human Rights
Council, at its sixty-second session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue.
34th meeting
10 July 2024
[Adopted without a vote.]
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