· The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is commended for establishing a gender team for studying, within the mandate of the Office, the human rights of women; the team should be given the necessary support by the most senior levels of management and decision-making to carry out its work effectively; · Specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system, as well as other international financial and national trade organizations, should develop innovative ways of integrating the promotion of women’s enjoyment of their human rights in all their policies and programmes. IV. THE GIRL CHILD The Commission on the Status of Women Reaffirms the Beijing Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women,38 notably chapter IV.L on the girl child, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights,39 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,40 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,41 Proposes, in order to accelerate the implementation of the strategic objectives of chapter IV.L: A. Promotion and protection of the human rights of the girl child Actions to be taken by Governments, local authorities, non-governmental organizations and civil society and the United Nations system, as appropriate: · Promote further the enjoyment by children, particularly the girl child, of their human rights, by the elaboration of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on measures for the prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography; · Organize community-based actions, including the setting up of local committees to create awareness of, and monitor conformity with, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, with a special focus on the situation of adolescent girls and young mothers; · Conduct awareness-raising campaigns designed to mobilize communities, including community leaders, religious organizations, parents and 38 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 39 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 40 General Assembly resolution 34/180, annex. 41 General Assembly resolution 44/25, annex. -26-