(e)
To take all feasible measures to ensure the demobilization and effective disarmament of
children used in armed conflicts and to implement effective measures for their rehabilitation, physical and
psychological recovery and reintegration into society, taking into account the rights, and the specific needs and
capacities of girls;
42.
Calls upon:
(a)
All States and other parties to armed conflict to respect fully international humanitarian law
and, in this regard, calls upon States parties to respect fully the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12
August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977;
(b)
Armed groups that are distinct from the armed forces of a State not, under any circumstances,
to recruit or use in hostilities persons under the age of 18 years;
(c)
All States and relevant United Nations bodies and agencies and regional organizations to
integrate the rights of the child into all activities in conflict and post-conflict situations, to ensure adequate child
protection training of their staff and personnel and to facilitate the participation of children in the development of
strategies in this regard, making sure that there are opportunities for children’s voices to be heard;
(d)
All States and relevant United Nations bodies to continue to support national and international
mine action efforts, including through financial contributions, mine awareness programmes, mine clearance,
victim assistance and child-centred rehabilitation, taking note of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and welcomes the
positive effects on children of concrete legislative and other measures with respect to anti-personnel mines, and
also taking note of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other
Devices (Amended Protocol II) to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects,
and the implementation of these instruments by those States that become parties to them;
43.
Recommends that, whenever sanctions are imposed, in particular in the context of armed
conflict, their impact on children be assessed and monitored and, to the extent that there are humanitarian
exemptions, they be child-focused and formulated with clear guidelines for their application, in order to address
possible adverse effects of the sanctions, and reaffirms the recommendations of the General Assembly and the
International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent;
VII. RECOVERY AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION
44.
Encourages States to cooperate, including through bilateral and multilateral technical
cooperation and financial assistance, in the implementation of their obligations under the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, including in the prevention of any activity contrary
to the rights of the child and in the rehabilitation and social integration of the victims, such assistance and
cooperation to be undertaken in consultation among concerned States and relevant international organizations as
well as other relevant actors;
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