A/65/262 54. WHO actively supported the development of the United Nations study and remains a critical partner in the process of follow-up. 55. Violence prevention and the promotion of sound evidence, two priority areas addressed by the study, are high on the WHO agenda, as illustrated by the agency’s work in the prevention of sexual violence against girls, in the development of new estimates on the prevalence and health impact of child maltreatment, and in the promotion of national surveys in this area. These dimensions gained centre stage at the Fourth Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting, organized in September 2009 in Geneva, in which the Special Representative participated. 56. With high-level participation and expertise from across regions, the meeting provided an excellent platform to present new evidence on interventions to prevent interpersonal violence and reflect on lessons from a wide range of country-level initiatives. 57. The discussions gave particular attention to the protection of children from violence, including child maltreatment and its underlying causes. They also addressed strategies aimed at developing safe, stable and nurturing relationships between children and their parents and caregivers; promoting life skills for children and adolescents; reducing the availability and harmful use of alcohol, guns and knives; promoting gender equality and overcoming cultural and social norms that support violence; and supporting victim identification, care and support programmes. 58. Advancing work in these areas will remain a key dimension of the Special Representative’s cooperation with WHO. 59. The Special Representative developed a fruitful collaboration with ILO, particularly with regard to the protection of children from violence in the workplace and in other labour-related activities. Regular meetings have been held to support the implementation of the study’s recommendations, including through advocacy, the consolidation of data and research, the promotion of standard-setting activities, as well as the development of practical tools to support Member States in their efforts. 60. In May 2010, the Special Representative participated in the Global Conference on Child Labour held in The Hague, which marked the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, and it adopted a road map for achieving their elimination by 2016. The Conference provided a high-level forum for the Special Representative’s advocacy in favour of the universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and of the protection of children from violence and abuse. Those dimensions were also given strong attention in the Road map. 61. As highlighted by the Special Representative in her address, violence and child labour are closely interrelated. Violence in the home, in schools and in institutions, is a factor that pushes children into child labour, particularly its worst forms; violence is also a means to coerce children to work, and to keep them in exploitation and servitude. At the same time, violence and child labour can be prevented and effectively addressed, through the development of national action plans, the adoption of sound legislation and the strengthening of data and research. These 12 10-47898