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crucial for the well-being of all children who, in contravention of applicable
international law, have been recruited or used by armed forces and groups, are a
critical factor for durable peace and security, and urges national Governments and
donors to ensure that these community-based programmes receive timely, sustained
and adequate resources and funding;
19. Calls upon Member States, United Nations entities, including the
Peacebuilding Commission and other parties concerned to ensure that the protection,
rights, well-being and empowerment of children affected by armed conflict are
integrated into all peace processes and that post-conflict recovery and reconstruction
planning, programmes and strategies prioritize issues concerning children affected
by armed conflict;
20. Invites the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict to
brief the Security Council on the modalities of the inclusion of parties into the
annexes of the periodic report of the Secretary-General on children and armed
conflict, enabling an exchange of views;
21. Directs its Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, with the
support of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, to consider,
within one year, a broad range of options for increasing pressure on persistent
perpetrators of violations and abuses committed against children in situations of
armed conflict;
22. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report by June 2012 on the
implementation of its resolutions and presidential statements on children and armed
conflict, including the present resolution, which would include, inter alia:
(a) Annexed lists of parties in situations of armed conflict on the agenda of
the Security Council or in other situations, in accordance with paragraph 19 (a) of
resolution 1882 (2009) and paragraph 3 of the present resolution;
(b) Information on measures undertaken by parties listed in the annexes to
end all violations and abuses committed against children in situations of armed
conflict;
(c) Information on progress made in the implementation of the monitoring
and reporting mechanism established in its resolution 1612 (2005);
(d) Information on the criteria and procedures used for listing and de-listing
parties to armed conflict in the annexes of his periodic reports, in accordance with
paragraph 3 of the present resolution, bearing in mind the views expressed by all the
members of the Working Group during informal briefings to be held before the end
of 2011;
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Decides to remain actively seized of this matter.
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