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162. Registration activities should be conducted by or under the direct supervision of
State authorities and explicitly mandated entities with responsibility for and experience in
this task.
163. The confidential nature of the information collected should be respected and systems
put in place for safe forwarding and storage of information. Information should only be
shared among duly mandated agencies for the purpose of tracing, family reintegration and
care.
164. All those engaged in tracing family members or primary legal or customary
caregivers should operate within a coordinated system, using standardized forms and
mutually compatible procedures, wherever possible. They should ensure that the child and
others concerned would not be endangered by their actions.
165. The validity of relationships and the confirmation of the willingness of the child and
family members to be reunited must be verified for every child. No action should be taken
that may hinder eventual family reintegration, such as adoption, change of name, or
movement to places far from the family’s likely location, until all tracing efforts have been
exhausted.
166. Appropriate records of any placement of a child should be made and kept in a safe
and secure manner so that reunification can be facilitated in the future.
11/8.
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and their Review
Conferences and the targets and commitments regarding the reduction of maternal mortality
and universal access to reproductive health, including those contained in the 2000
Millennium Declaration (General Assembly resolution 55/2) and the 2005 World Summit
Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60/1),
Reaffirming also the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the Goals on
improving maternal health, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing
child and infant mortality and the development of a global partnership,1
Recalling the obligations of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their
Families,
Convinced that increased political will and commitment, cooperation and technical
assistance at the international and national levels are urgently required to reduce the
unacceptably high global rate of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity,
Recognizing the leading role of the World Health Organization in maternal health
and the work under the annual World Health Assembly agenda item on the monitoring of
the achievement of the health-related Millennium Development Goals,
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Millennium Development Goals 5, 3, 4 and 8, respectively.
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