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medicines and vaccinations, late detection of childhood illnesses and low levels and quality
of education;
5.
Calls upon States to strengthen further their international commitment,
cooperation and mutual assistance with the objective of reducing and eliminating
preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, including through the
sharing of good practices, research, policies, review of progress through data collection and
analysis, and capacity-building;
6.
Encourages States and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the issue of
preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age is given due attention
in the work of the Human Rights Council, including relevant Council processes, debates
and mechanisms, including the universal periodic review;
7.
Calls upon all relevant United Nations agencies to continue to provide
technical cooperation and assistance to States, as requested, to reduce and eliminate
preventable morbidity and mortality of children under 5 years of age, by supporting the
application of the technical guidance, including through the development and dissemination
of tools for its operationalization at all relevant stages of national planning and action
cycles for child health and survival;
8.
Encourages the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
close collaboration with the World Health Organization, to intensify efforts to bring the
technical guidance to the attention of the Secretary-General and all United Nations entities
with mandates relevant to preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of
age, including the High-level Working Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women,
Children and Adolescents, and to continue dialogue on the issue of preventable mortality
and morbidity of children under 5 years of age with all relevant actors with due regard to
the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;
9.
Requests the High Commissioner:
(a)
To organize, prior to the thirty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council, in
close collaboration with the World Health Organization, an expert workshop to discuss
experiences in preventing mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, with a
particular focus on the implementation of the technical guidance, including challenges, best
practices and lessons learned, and including consideration of the particular challenges in
respect of the newborn child;
(b)
To consult with and invite States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds
and programmes, including the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and relevant special procedure mandate holders, the
Committee on the Rights of the Child, other human rights mechanisms, including regional
organizations, professional medical organizations, health policymakers or practitioners and
civil society to participate actively in the workshop;
(c)
To prepare a summary report on the above-mentioned workshop, including
any good practices identified thereat and recommendations arising therefrom, for
submission to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-ninth session;
10.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
39th meeting
29 September 2016
[Adopted without a vote.]
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