Decides to request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 64th 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 issues addressed in the present resolution, with a focus on international efforts and national progress in tackling child labour and progress towards meeting the target of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016, as agreed in the context of the International Labour Organization; decides to request the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in discharging her mandate, including information on her field visits, and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda; decides to invite the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to present an oral report on the work of the Committee to the General Assembly at its 64th session as a way to enhance communication between the Assembly and the Committee; and decides to invite all Member States, organizations of the UN system, non-governmental organizations and individuals to observe the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention and to request the Secretary-General to take the measures necessary, within existing resources, for the observance of this anniversary by the UN.

Adopted 159-1-0, 74th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.