(iii) To request the Secretary-General to give the necessary support to the Working Group to meet for a maximum of two weeks, and to transmit the report of the Working Group to Governments, relevant United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the relevant Special Rapporteur and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and to invite their comments in time for circulation prior to the next session of the Working Group, and invites the Committee on the Rights of the Child to consider being represented and the Special Rapporteur to consider being present at the next session of the Working Group; IV Protection of children affected by armed conflict 14. Welcomes: (a) The report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the question of the impact of armed conflict on children to the General Assembly (A/53/482, annex) and his oral report to the Commission at its fifty-fifth session, while noting that he has not presented an updated written report as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 51/77 of 12 December 1996, and expresses its support for his work for children affected by armed conflict, in particular to raise worldwide awareness and to mobilize official and public opinion for the protection of children affected by armed conflict, including through field visits, in order to promote respect for children's rights and needs in conflict and post-conflict situations; (b) The actions undertaken, within the scope of their mandates by, inter alia, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to ensure the promotion and protection of the rights of children affected by armed conflict, including through their advocacy and operational activities; (c) The report of the Working Group on a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts on its fifth session (E/CN.4/1999/73); (d) The ongoing efforts by, inter alia, regional organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, to bring to an end the use of children as soldiers in armed conflicts, and hopes that these efforts will help in creating a greater awareness on this issue and in reaching a consensus in raising the standards contained in article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (e) The contribution of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court and recalls in particular the relevant qualification in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of the conscription, enlistment or use for active participation in hostilities of child soldiers as a war crime, which will contribute to making it possible to end impunity for the perpetrators of such crimes; page 10