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graduated measures, such as, inter alia, a ban on the export and supply of small arms
and light weapons and of other military equipment and on military assistance,
against parties to situations of armed conflict which are on the Security Council’s
agenda and are in violation of applicable international law relating to the rights and
protection of children in armed conflict;
10. Stresses the responsibility of United Nations peacekeeping missions and
United Nations country teams, consistent with their respective mandates, to ensure
effective follow-up to Security Council resolutions, ensure a coordinated response
to CAAC concerns and to monitor and report to the Secretary-General;
11. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping
operations to implement the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual
exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of their personnel with the
United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take
all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and
urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including
predeployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action
to ensure full accountability in cases of misconduct involving their personnel;
12. Decides to continue the inclusion of specific provisions for the protection
of children in the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations, including
the deployment, on a case-by-case basis, of child-protection advisers (CPAs), and
requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the need for and the number and roles
of CPAs are systematically assessed during the preparation of each United Nations
peacekeeping operation; welcomes the comprehensive assessment undertaken on the
role and activities of CPAs with a view to drawing lessons learned and best
practices;
13. Welcomes recent initiatives by regional and subregional organizations
and arrangements for the protection of children affected by armed conflict, and
encourages continued mainstreaming of child protection into their advocacy,
policies and programmes; development of peer review and monitoring and reporting
mechanisms; establishment, within their secretariats, of child-protection
mechanisms; inclusion of child-protection staff and training in their peace and field
operations; sub- and interregional initiatives to end activities harmful to children in
times of conflict, in particular cross-border recruitment and abduction of children,
illicit movement of small arms, and illicit trade in natural resources through the
development and implementation of guidelines on children and armed conflict;
14. Calls upon all parties concerned to ensure that the protection, rights and
well-being of children affected by armed conflict are specifically integrated into all
peace processes, peace agreements and post-conflict recovery and reconstruction
planning and programmes;
15. Calls upon all parties concerned to abide by the international obligations
applicable to them relating to the protection of children affected by armed conflict
as well as the concrete commitments they have made to the Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to UNICEF and other
United Nations agencies and to cooperate fully with the United Nations
peacekeeping missions and United Nations country teams, where appropriate, in the
context of the cooperation framework between the United Nations and the
concerned Government, in the follow-up and implementation of these commitments;
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