A/67/256 also enhanced the visibility of child protection concerns and provided focus and clarity on generic child protection priorities within United Nations missions. The Office of Special Representative, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs are currently working together to update the policy directive and to integrate the perspective of the Department of Political Affairs, which adopted the policy directive in 2010. 25. Ensuring adequate child protection capacity in peacekeeping and special political missions is crucial for the mainstreaming of child protection concerns among uniformed and civilian peacekeepers and staff members, and for the collection of accurate, objective, reliable and verifiable information on the plight of children. Child protection advisers are currently deployed in eight peacekeeping missions and three special political missions. 26. The role of the General Assembly, through its Third and Fifth Committees, in supporting child protection capacity in the challenging and fragile environments in which United Nations missions are deployed has been vital to ensuring an adequate response by the Organization to child protection concerns. Child protection advisers and officers play a critical role in ensuring that uniformed and civilian personnel are aware of the ethical criteria against which they are held with regard to child protection, in making certain that the mission’s substantive activities are sensitive to children’s needs and in gathering information on violations against children taking place in the mission’s area of operations. F. Collaboration with child protection partners 27. Central to the mandate of the Special Representative is collaboration and coordination with other United Nations entities, Member States and non-governmental bodies involved in child protection. The principles of complementarity and partnership underpin the Special Representative’s strategic plan and have characterized her tenure to date. Collaboration on three broad areas of work merit highlighting in this regard. 28. With a view to strengthening the collection of information on the plight of children affected by armed conflict, the Office of the Special Representative has worked closely with UNICEF, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs and other partners with a field presence to develop technical guidance on monitoring and reporting violations against children. To ensure that the mechanism in place for information collection and advocacy is responsive and adaptive, the good practice study described in paragraphs 18 and 19 of the present report was conducted in partnership with key United Nations child protection actors. Collaborative efforts continue to expand, with new partnerships being developed with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1998 (2011) and with the International Labour Organization on economic reintegration. 29. UNICEF has been a key partner in the signature and implementation of action plans to end grave violations against children. Its role ensures implementation of and follow-up to reintegration programmes for children being separated from armed forces or groups. This complementary approach marries the role of the Special 8 12-45308