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4.
Affirms that investment in children has high economic and social returns, and
that all related efforts to ensure resources allocated and spent for children should serve as
an instrument for the fulfilment of the rights of the child;
5.
Stresses that the primary responsibility for the creation and maintenance of an
enabling environment for securing the well-being of children, in which the rights of each
and every child are promoted, protected, respected and fulfilled, rests within each State, and
that effective and equitable investment is required for this purpose, recognizing that
additional resources, both national and international, are required for this purpose;
6.
Reaffirms the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents, legal guardians or
other persons legally responsible for the child to provide, in a manner consistent with the
evolving capacities of the child, appropriate direction and guidance in the exercise by the
child of his or her rights;
I.
National policies and the rights of the child
7.
Recalls that State action aimed at the promotion, protection and full
realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including the rights of the
child, at the national level is most effective when fully integrated into national laws and
policies based on a human rights perspective and in a manner consistent with States’
obligations under international human rights law;
8.
Reaffirms that States have the right to choose the framework that is best
suited to their particular needs and circumstances at the national level, and emphasizes that
national policies, including budgetary and fiscal policies, are to be implemented in a
manner that respects, protects and fulfils human rights and that inclusive and sustainable
economic growth and stability should be regarded as a means towards human development;
9.
Emphasizes the importance for the protection and realization of all human
rights, including the rights of the child, of participatory and transparent approaches when
planning, formulating and assessing relevant public policies, and recognizes the important
and constructive role that parliaments, national human rights institutions, the judiciary and
civil society can play with regard to the realization of the rights of the child;
10.
Encourages States to develop and strengthen the collection, analysis and
dissemination of data for national statistics and, as far as possible, to use data disaggregated
by, inter alia, age, sex, ethnicity, location, language, family income, disability and other
relevant factors that may lead to disparities, and other statistical indicators collected at the
subnational, national, subregional, regional and international levels, to develop and assess
social policies and programmes so that available economic and social resources are used
efficiently and effectively for the full realization of the rights of the child, including girls
and marginalized and disadvantaged groups of children;
II.
Resource mobilization for the promotion, protection and realization of
the rights of the child
11.
Requests all States to take all possible measures towards the promotion,
protection and realization of the rights of the child without discrimination of any kind,
paying special attention to children in vulnerable situations;
12.
Encourages States to pursue, among others, the following actions for
mobilizing resources to realize the rights of the child:
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