The rights of the child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Once again urges the States that have not yet done so to sign and ratify or accede to the Convention on the Rights of the Child; calls upon States to implement fully the Convention and to cooperate closely with the Committee on the Rights of the Child; requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision of apropriate staff and facilities to the Committee; calls upon States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all children immediately after birth; urges all States to ensure the right of the child to know and be cared for by his or her parents; urges States to give particular emphasis to the prevention of HIV infection in young children and to take all necessary measures to protect children infected and/or affected by HIV/AIDS from all forms of discrimination; calls upon States to criminalize and to penalize effectively all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse of children; calls upon States to enact and enforce, review and revise, as appropriate, laws and to implement policies, programmes and practices to protect children; calls upon the Secretary-General and all relevant parts of the UN system, to intensify their efforts to develop a concerted approach to the rights, protection and welfare of children affected by armed conflict; urges States and all other parties to armed conflict to end the use of children as soldiers and to ensure their demobilization and effective disarmament; calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying the conventions of the International Labour Organization relating to child labour; calls upon all States to translate into concrete action their commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour.

Adopted without vote, 81st plenary meeting

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