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who are at risk, including orphans, abandoned children, children of migrant workers,
children working and/or living on the street and children living in extreme poverty,
and ensure their access to education, health, and social services as appropriate.
12. Protect children from adoption and foster care practices that are illegal,
exploitative or that are not in their best interest.
13.
Address cases of international kidnapping of children by one of the parents.
14. Combat and prevent the use of children, including adolescents, in the illicit
production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
15. Promote comprehensive programmes to counter the use of children, including
adolescents, in the production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances.
16. Make appropriate treatment and rehabilitation accessible for children,
including adolescents, dependent on narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances,
inhalants and alcohol.
17. Provide protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons,
the majority of whom are women and children, in accordance with international law,
including international humanitarian law.
18. Ensure that children affected by natural disasters receive timely and effective
humanitarian assistance through a commitment to improved contingency planning
and emergency preparedness, and that they are given all possible assistance and
protection to help them to resume a normal life as soon as possible.
19. Encourage measures to protect children from violent or harmful web sites,
computer programmes and games that negatively influence the psychological
development of children, taking into account the responsibilities of the family,
parents, legal guardians and caregivers.
Protection from armed conflict
20. Strengthen the protection of children affected by armed conflict and adopt
effective measures for the protection of children under foreign occupation.
21. Ensure that issues pertaining to the rights and protection of children are fully
reflected in the agendas of peacemaking processes and in ensuing peace agreements,
and are incorporated, as appropriate, into United Nations peacekeeping operations
and peace-building programmes; and involve children, where possible, in these
processes.
22. End the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict contrary to
international law, ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament and
implement effective measures for their rehabilitation, physical and psychological
recovery and reintegration into society.
23. Put an end to impunity, prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes
against humanity, and war crimes and exclude, where feasible, these crimes from
amnesty provisions and amnesty legislation, and ensure that whenever post-conflict
truth and justice-seeking mechanisms are established, serious abuses involving
children are addressed and that appropriate child-sensitive procedures are provided.
24. Take concrete action against all forms of terrorism, which causes serious
obstacles to the development and well-being of children.
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