A/RES/49/211 Page 3 7. Calls upon States parties to submit their reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on time, in accordance with the guidelines elaborated for that purpose; 8. Welcomes the constructive and useful results achieved by the Committee on the Rights of the Child during its first seven sessions; 9. Also welcomes the consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of the reservations and declarations entered by States parties to the Convention as a part of its important functions in overseeing the effective implementation of the Convention; 10. Notes with appreciation the elaboration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child of a preliminary draft optional protocol to the Convention on involvement of children in armed conflicts; 6/ 11. Requests the Committee on the Rights of the Child, in accordance with article 45 (a) of the Convention, to invite the United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat, to submit reports on specific issues related to, inter alia, the exploitation and abuse of children, in order to increase awareness of the provisions of the Convention and their implementation and to support concrete action at national and international levels; 12. Expresses concern at the increasingly heavy workload of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the resulting difficulties it faces in the fulfilment of its functions; 13. Approves the recommendation contained in the resolution adopted by consensus at the meeting of the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 10 October 1994, in which the States parties reaffirmed the recommendation made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the increase to three of the number of annual sessions of the Committee as from 1995, as well as the number of sessions of the pre-sessional working group; 14. Authorizes the Secretary-General to implement that recommendation; 15. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision of appropriate staff and facilities, within the overall existing budget framework, for the effective and expeditious performance of the functions of the Committee on the Rights of the Child; 16. Requests bodies and organizations of the United Nations, within the scope of their respective mandates, to intensify their efforts to disseminate information on the Convention, promote understanding of it and assist Governments in its implementation; 17. Invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts with a view to disseminating information on the Convention to adults and children alike and to promoting understanding of it; 18. Notes the establishment by the Economic and Social Council of two open-ended working groups to elaborate, respectively, (a) a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, and (b) guidelines for a possible draft optional protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, as well as the basic measures needed for their prevention and eradication; 6/ E/CN.4/1994/91, annex.