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effective and independent performance of her mandate, and invites organizations,
including the private sector, to provide voluntary contributions for that purpose ;
38. Recognizes the work of the Office of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, its increased level of work and
the progress achieved since the establishment of the mandate of the Special
Representative, welcomes the “Act to protect children affected by conflict” campaign
initiated by the Special Representative, and, bearing in mind its resolution 63/241 of
24 December 2008 and paragraphs 35 to 37 of its reso lution 51/77 of 12 December
1996, as well as paragraph 39 of its resolution 72/245 of 24 December 2017,
recommends that the Secretary-General extend the mandate of the Special
Representative for an additional period of one year, until 2021;
39. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights and relevant United Nations entities, within their respective mandates, to
consider the issue of children deprived of liberty, bearing in mind the report on
children deprived of liberty;
40. Notes with appreciation the steps taken regarding Security Council
resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009)
of 4 August 2009, 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011, 2068 (2012) of 19 September 2012,
2225 (2015) of 18 June 2015 and 2427 (2018) of 9 July 2018 and the efforts of the
Secretary-General to implement the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children
and armed conflict in accordance with those resolutions, with the participation of and
in cooperation with national Governments and relevant United Nations and civil
society actors, including at the country level, requests the Secretary-General to ensure
that information collected and communicated by the monitoring and reporting
mechanism is accurate, objective and verifiable, and in this regard encourages the
work and the deployment of United Nations child protection advisers in peacekeeping
operations and political and peacebuilding missions;
41.
Decides:
(a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-fifth session a comprehensive report on the rights of the child, containing
information on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
bearing in mind the thirtieth anniversary of its adoption, in 2019;
(b) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-sixth session a comprehensive report on the rights of the child containing
information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and on the
issues addressed in the present resolution, with a focus on the rights of the child and
the Sustainable Development Goals;
(c) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly
and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her
mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and
the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;
(d) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict, in carrying out her mandate for the protection of
children in situations of armed conflict, in accordance with the relevant resolutions
of the General Assembly and the Security Council, to continue to engage proactively
with relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, Member States, regional and
subregional organizations and non-State armed groups, including by negotiating
action plans, securing commitments, advocating for appropriate response
mechanisms and ensuring attention and follow-up to the conclusions and
recommendations of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed
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