A/67/230 confidence to report incidents and seek redress. But impatience is growing and, as they stressed at the Caribbean consultation, “we do not want the mere comfort of hearing that we will be heard; promises need to materialize into tangible action”, with improved legislation, increased mobilization and accessible services of quality, monitoring and reporting mechanisms and real resource allocation for bringing violence to an end. III. Global survey on violence against children 50. In 2011, five years after the submission of the Study to the General Assembly, the Special Representative launched a global survey to assess progress in the prevention and elimination of violence against children, to gain perspective on achievements made, to reflect on good practices and factors of success, and to boost efforts to overcome persisting challenges and consolidate the prevention and elimination of violence. The survey findings are a critical reference for the mandate and for shaping a forward-looking strategy to speed up progress in achieving the protection of children from violence. 51. The survey was partly based on a questionnaire prepared in 2004 during the development of the Study, and aligned with the Study’s 12 overarching recommendations. In addition to the replies received to the questionnaire, the survey findings were informed by research, regional consultations and analytical reviews of violence against children conducted in the framework of the Special Representative’s mandate, 11 and by international monitoring processes, including the universal periodic review process of the Human Rights Council, reporting to human rights treaty bodies, and the follow-up to the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and to the 2010 Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016. 52. The survey was conducted in collaboration with a wide range of partners, including Governments, United Nations agencies, regional organizations and institutions and civil society organizations. Children and young people were important allies in this process. To capture their views and recommendations the Special Representative promoted, in close collaboration with civil society partners, a child-friendly version of the survey. 53. More than 100 Governments submitted contributions to the Global Survey. 12 Overall, these paint an insightful picture of significant national legal, policy and __________________ 11 12 12-45164 Regional reviews were conducted by the League of Arab States, MERCOSUR, Central American countries, the Council of Europe and the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children. Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, the Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen and the Palestinian Authority. 15