Decides: (a) to request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 57th session a report on the rights of the child, containing information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto; (b) to request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to submit to the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights reports containing relevant information on the situation of children affected by armed conflict, bearing in mind the existing mandates and reports of relevant bodies; (c) to request the Secretary-General to conduct an in-depth study on the question of violence against children, taking into account the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly on children, and to put forward recommendations for consideration by Member States for appropriate action, including effective remedies and preventive and rehabilitative measures; (d) to revert to its comprehensive consideration of this question at its 57th session under the item entitled "Promotion and protection of the rights of children".

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