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37. Promote international cooperation to assist developing countries upon request
in addressing child labour and its root causes, inter alia, through social and economic
policies aimed at poverty eradication, while stressing that labour standards should
not be used for protectionist trade purposes.
38.
Strengthen the collection and analysis of data on child labour.
39. Mainstream action relating to child labour into national poverty eradication and
development efforts, especially in policies and programmes in the areas of health,
education, employment and social protection.
Elimination of trafficking and sexual exploitation of children
40. Take concerted national and international action as a matter of urgency to end
the sale of children and their organs, sexual exploitation and abuse, including the use
of children for pornography, prostitution and paedophilia, and to combat existing
markets.
41. Raise awareness of the illegality and harmful consequences of sexual
exploitation and abuse, including through the Internet, and trafficking in children.
42. Enlist the support of the private sector, including the tourism industry and the
media, for a campaign against sexual exploitation of and trafficking in children.
43. Identify and address the underlying causes and the root factors, including
external factors, leading to sexual exploitation of and trafficking in children and
implement preventive strategies against sexual exploitation of and trafficking in
children.
44. Ensure the safety, protection and security of victims of trafficking and sexual
exploitation and provide assistance and services to facilitate their recovery and social
reintegration.
45. Take necessary action, at all levels, as appropriate, to criminalize and penalize
effectively, in conformity with all relevant and applicable international instruments,
all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including within the
family or for commercial purposes, child prostitution, paedophilia, child
pornography, child sex tourism, trafficking, the sale of children and their organs,
engagement in forced child labour and any other form of exploitation, while ensuring
that, in the treatment by the criminal justice system of children who are victims, the
best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
46. Monitor and share information regionally and internationally on the crossborder trafficking of children; strengthen the capacity of border and law enforcement
officials to stop trafficking and provide or strengthen training for them to respect the
dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of all those, particularly women and
children, who are victims of trafficking.
47. Take necessary measures, including through enhanced cooperation between
Governments, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations to combat the criminal use of information technologies,
including the Internet, for purposes of the sale of children, for child prostitution,
child pornography, child sex tourism, paedophilia and other forms of violence and
abuse against children and adolescents.
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