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of reintegration should be included in the new development agenda as an essential
aspect of community-building in post-conflict societies.
V. Collaboration and partnership
A.
Update on collaboration with United Nations partners
65. In line with the Special Representative’s mandate to collaborate and coordinate
with United Nations entities on children and armed conflict, the Special
Representative continued to work with the specialized agencies, funds, programmes
of the United Nations programme and departments/offices of the Secretariat,
including the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping
Operations, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme, UNESCO,
UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO, both in the field and at United Nations Headquarters,
to strengthen monitoring and reporting mechanisms and to work on joint initiatives
to foster cooperation and synergy in areas of common interest to promote and
protect children affected by armed conflict.
66. The Special Representative also worked closely with OHCHR as well as with
the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
and the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.
Joint demarches in crisis situations and the exchange of information on grave
violations falling under the purview of their respective mandates were intensified,
including in the context of the Rights Up Front Action Plan. Joint visits to the
Central African Republic and South Sudan provided opportunities to enhance
coordination of advocacy and to increase the impact of advocacy on the plight of
vulnerable populations in conflict, notably children. The Special Representative also
reached out to the United Nations commissions of inquiry for the C entral African
Republic and South Sudan to share information pertaining to grave violations
against children and to insist on the importance of strengthening investigations into
grave violations of children’s rights.
67. As a member of the review group on the United Nations human rights due
diligence policy, the Special Representative continued to emphasize the links
between the children and armed conflict mandate and the implementation of the
policy, including through enhanced cross-fertilization between action plans and
mitigating measures to be undertaken in implementation of the policy.
68. As a member of the Rights Up Front network and through occasional
invitations to the senior advisory group chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General,
the Special Representative and her office have been involved in the
operationalization of the Rights Up Front action plan and have provided information
and advice on situations of concern.
69. The office of the Special Representative worked closely with the Department
of Peacekeeping Operations on the development of standardized training modules
on child protection for all categories of peacekeeping personnel. To that end, the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations has updated its core predeployment
training materials and has developed a two-day specialized training course for
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