S/RES/1261 (1999)
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Child of 1989, and stresses the responsibility of all States to bring an end to
impunity and their obligation to prosecute those responsible for grave breaches
of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949;
4.
Expresses its support for the ongoing work of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR), other parts of the United Nations system and other
relevant international organizations dealing with children affected by armed
conflict, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to develop coordination
and coherence among them;
5.
Welcomes and encourages efforts by all relevant actors at the national
and international level to develop more coherent and effective approaches to the
issue of children and armed conflict;
6.
Supports the work of the open-ended inter-sessional working group of
the Commission on Human Rights on a draft optional protocol to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and
expresses the hope that it will make further progress with a view to finalizing
its work;
7.
Urges all parties to armed conflicts to ensure that the protection,
welfare and rights of children are taken into account during peace negotiations
and throughout the process of consolidating peace in the aftermath of conflict;
8.
Calls upon parties to armed conflicts to undertake feasible measures
during armed conflicts to minimize the harm suffered by children, such as "days
of tranquillity" to allow the delivery of basic necessary services, and further
calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to promote, implement and respect such
measures;
9.
Urges all parties to armed conflicts to abide by concrete commitments
made to ensure the protection of children in situations of armed conflict;
10. Urges all parties to armed conflicts to take special measures to
protect children, in particular girls, from rape and other forms of sexual abuse
and gender-based violence in situations of armed conflict and to take into
account the special needs of the girl child throughout armed conflicts and their
aftermath, including in the delivery of humanitarian assistance;
11. Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to ensure the full, safe and
unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and the delivery of humanitarian
assistance to all children affected by armed conflict;
12. Underscores the importance of the safety, security and freedom of
movement of United Nations and associated personnel to the alleviation of the
impact of armed conflict on children, and urges all parties to armed conflicts
to respect fully the status of United Nations and associated personnel;
13. Urges States and all relevant parts of the United Nations system to
intensify their efforts to ensure an end to the recruitment and use of children
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