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Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights, other agencies of the United Nations system and other
international organizations dealing with children affected by armed conflict;
4.
Expresses its intention, where appropriate, to call upon the parties to a
conflict to make special arrangements to meet the protection and assistance
requirements of women, children and other vulnerable groups, including through the
promotion of “days of immunization” and other opportunities for the safe and
unhindered delivery of basic necessary services;
5.
Underlines the importance of the full, safe and unhindered access of
humanitarian personnel and goods and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all
children affected by armed conflict;
6.
Expresses its intention to consider taking appropriate steps, in accordance
with the Charter of the United Nations, to address the linkages between armed
conflict and terrorism, the illicit trade in precious minerals, the illicit trafficking in
small arms and light weapons, and other criminal activities, which can prolong
armed conflict or intensify its impact on civilian populations, including children;
7.
Undertakes to consider, as appropriate when imposing measures under
Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations, the economic and social impact of
sanctions on children, with a view to providing appropriate humanitarian
exemptions that take account of their specific needs and their vulnerability and to
minimize such impact;
8.
Calls upon all parties to armed conflict to:
(a) Respect fully the relevant provisions of applicable international law
relating to the rights and protection of children in armed conflict, in particular the
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the obligations applicable to them under the
Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child of 1989, the Optional Protocol thereto of 25 May 2000, and the
amended Protocol II to the Convention on Prohibition or Restriction on the Use of
Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious
or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, the International Labour Organization Convention
No. 182 on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour and the Ottawa
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and notes the inclusion as a war
crime in the Rome Statute of the conscription or enlistment of children under the age
of fifteen years into the national armed forces or using them to participate actively
in hostilities;
(b) Provide protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced
persons, the majority of whom are women and children, in accordance with
applicable international norms and standards;
(c) Take special measures to promote and protect the rights and meet the
special needs of girls affected by armed conflict, and to put an end to all forms of
violence and exploitation, including sexual violence, particularly rape;
(d) Abide by the concrete commitments they have made to the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, as well as
relevant United Nations bodies, to ensure the protection of children in situations of
armed conflict;
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