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30. Calls upon States to strengthen the capacity of national health systems,
and in this regard calls upon the international community to assist national efforts,
including by allocation of adequate resources in order to provide essential services
needed to prevent obstetric fistula and to treat those cases that occur by providing
the continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal and post-natal care,
skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post-partum care, to
adolescent girls, including those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas
where obstetric fistula is most common;
31. Calls upon States and the international community to create an
environment in which the well-being of the child is ensured, inter alia, by
cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts for poverty eradication at
the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability
and effective allocation of resources are required at all levels, in order to ensure that
all the internationally agreed development and poverty eradication goals, including
those set out in the Millennium Declaration, are realized within their time
framework, and reaffirming that investments in children and the realization of their
rights are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty;
32. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General
Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution,
including an emphasis on ending female genital mutilation, using information
provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations
system and non-governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of
the present resolution on the well-being of the girl child.
76th plenary meeting
18 December 2007
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