A/HRC/43/39 Ababa; as a key note speaker at the opening of the high-level political forum; at the highlevel meeting on access to justice at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; at a conference in Oman organized by the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; as a speaker at the high-level meeting on children and the digital world; and at the public launch of the report by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development on child online safety. 15. In November 2019, the Special Representative participated in a high-level meeting hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities on the theme of “Promoting digital child dignity: from concept to action” and in a round table on artificial intelligence and child safety online organized by the World Childhood Foundation and the Global Child Forum. On both occasions, the Special Representative emphasized the crucial need to empower children to act as agents of change in advancing child protection online and the need for stronger action, coordination and accountability for key actors in this field. 16. In 2019, the Special Representative made country visits to China, El Salvador, Mozambique and Oman. During her visit to El Salvador, the Special Representative met with the President and the First Lady to discuss the high prevalence of violence in the community and the importance of having a comprehensive child protection system in place. She also met with children and representatives of civil society and the National Council for Children and Adolescents. 17. In Oman, the Special Representative met with government representatives, visited a child welfare centre, the premises of a hotline, a school and a health clinic to observe and provide feedback on how the pilot system for case management of violence against children is operating. Discussions focused on the need to ensure that child victims of violence are placed at the centre of all interventions and to ensure that evidence, including through interviews, is gathered in a child-friendly way that minimizes their retraumatization. 18. During her visit to China, the Special Representative gained greater awareness of the positive steps taken by the Government to protect children in contact with the justice system. The Special Representative encourages all United Nations agencies in China to engage actively in the work on violence against children and include violence against children in the forthcoming common country assessment and sustainable development cooperation framework. 19. During her visit to Mozambique, the Special Representative met with high-level political leaders, senior government officials, the President of the parliament, children, representatives of civil society, the United Nations country team and donors, and visited child protection services in order to support national efforts to end violence against children, including harmful practices. She welcomed the efforts made by the Government and encouraged the Government and the United Nations country team to include violence against children in the five-year national strategy for the period 2020–2024, in the forthcoming country assessment and in the sustainable development cooperation framework. Amplifying the voices of children 20. The Special Representative visited the largest World Scout jamboree, where she had the chance to interact with 40,000 children and young people from 150 countries. She commended the work of the organization in its efforts to protect children from violence by creating a mandatory training programme entitled “Safe from Harm” for adult scout leaders. 21. The first Asian children’s summit on the theme of “Upholding justice for children and leaving no child behind” was held from 25 to 30 November in Bangkok. It gathered together child delegates from 22 countries in Asia and the Special Representative provided a video message to the event. 5