A/71/206 60. The round table provided a strategic platform for sharing experiences on the development of regional strategies aligned with the 2030 Agenda and implementation actions foreseen. Critical attention was paid to strategies to support the mainstreaming of the targets related to combating violence in national and subnational plans and the development, where appropriate, of regional and national goals and targets. The role of regional organizations and institutions in mobilizing their member States to address violence against children in their voluntary national reviews to the high level political forum on sustainable development was also stressed, as was cooperation with other regional entities in review processes. Support for peer learning and participatory processes in the national assessment of progress through the round table and other platforms was encouraged. 61. At the meeting, participants welcomed the important regional initiatives already promoted to spearhead this work, particularly through the incorporation of measures to combat violence against children into regional actions plans and the alignment of these regional plans with the 2030 Agenda, and providing support to national implementation efforts to prevent and address this phenomenon. As noted by the participants, these efforts are of utmost urgency to overcome the persistence, pervasiveness and severity of violence against children. 62. Recognizing the strategic opportunity presented by the 2030 Agenda and the tenth anniversary of the United Nations study, regional organizations and institutions reaffirmed their strong commitment to further accelerating and assessing progress in eliminating violence against children and to reinforcing coo peration. Strategic actions envisaged include providing support to the development and implementation of regional plans aligned with the 2030 Agenda; mobilizing partnerships and strengthening the implementation of comprehensive national strategies for the prevention and elimination of violence; enacting and enforcing national legislation to ban all forms of violence against children; and enhancing data systems and supporting the follow-up and review process of the 2030 Agenda through strong accountability mechanisms at the national and regional levels. 63. Similarly, within regions, significant developments have been promoted and concrete results achieved to protect children from violence. 64. In Africa, the Special Representative has further pursued her cooperation with Member States, institutions and other partners. This collaborative framework is built on the global launch of the African Report on Violence against Children in February 2015 and was strengthened at an African Union conference held in Addis Ababa in November 2015. On the occasion of the commemoration by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child of the twenty -fifth anniversary of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Special Representative, together with UNICEF and the African Child Policy Forum, presented a review of regional progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children with a vision of building an Africa fit for its children. 65. The conference highlighted progress, challenges and opportunities to promote freedom from violence as part of wider efforts to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The outcomes of the discussion informed the development of Africa’s Agenda for Children 2040, which includes a core goal to end violence against children. These developments provide significant impetus for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Africa’s Agenda for Children presents measurable goals and 16-12906 13/23