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3.
Calls upon States parties to implement the Convention and its Optional Protocols
fully and in accordance with the best interests of the child by, inter alia, putting in place effective
national legislation, policies and action plans, and to comply in a timely manner with their
reporting obligations under the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto, in accordance
with the guidelines elaborated by the Committee, as well as to take into account the
recommendations made by the Committee in the implementation of the provisions of the
Convention;
4.
Also calls upon States parties to designate, establish or strengthen relevant
governmental structures for children, including, where appropriate, ministers in charge of child
issues and independent ombudspersons for children, and to ensure adequate and systematic
training in the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children;
5.
Encourages States to strengthen their national statistical capacities, particularly in the
area of juvenile justice and on children in detention, and, as far as possible, to use statistics
disaggregated by, inter alia, age, sex and other relevant factors that may lead to disparities, and
other statistical indicators at the national, subregional, regional and international levels to
develop and assess social policies and programmes so that economic and social resources are
used efficiently and effectively for the full realization of the rights of the child;
II. MAINSTREAMING OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
6.
Affirms its commitment to effectively integrate the rights of the child in its work and
that of its mechanisms in a regular, systematic and transparent manner, taking into account
specific needs of boys and girls;
7.
Decides to incorporate into its programme of work sufficient time, at a minimum an
annual full-day meeting, to discuss different specific themes on the rights of the child, including
the identification of challenges in the realization of the rights of the child, as well as measures
and best practices that can be adopted by States and other stakeholders, and to assess the
effective integration of the rights of the child in its work, beginning in 2009;
8.
Urges all stakeholders to take into full account the rights of the child in the universal
periodic review, including in the preparation of information submitted for the review and during
its dialogue, outcome and follow-up;
9.
Encourages States to prepare the information described in paragraph 15 (a) of
Council resolution 5/1 through broad consultation at the national level with all relevant
stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations active in addressing the rights of
the child;
10. Requests special procedures and other human rights mechanisms of the Council to
integrate the rights of the child into the implementation of their mandates and to include in their
reports information on and qualitative analysis of child rights;
11. Encourages all human rights treaty bodies to integrate the rights of the child into
their work, in particular, in their concluding observations, general comments and
recommendations;
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