A/HRC/13/63 page 19 needs to do more to ensure that no children are present within the integrated brigades, and continue to allow access of MONUC and UNICEF in a timely manner to all units for monitoring and verification of the presence of children and release of all children associated with integrated brigades. It must ensure rigorous investigation and hold perpetrators accountable. Suspected perpetrators of grave child rights violations should not be simply reassigned, especially to the same locations where the supposed abuse and violence have taken place. 72. During the course of the visit of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral for children and armed conflict in April 2009, the Minister for Defence and the FARDC Military Command, through the Army Chief of Staff, committed to entering into dialogue with the United Nations for the preparation of a time-bound action plan for the prevention of child recruitment and identification and release of those children already present in integrated FARDC brigades, in the framework of Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) and 1612 (2005). They also agreed to facilitate the access of MONUC and UNICEF to the rapid integration process of CNDP and FARDC in South Kivu for systematic identification and release of children. When this report was finalized, MONUC was still waiting for the Government to confirm in writing its commitment to developing an action plan and for meetings with Government representatives to discuss how to address the continued problem of children within the FARDC ranks. 73. The experts reiterate their recommendation that the Government and FARDC Military Command cooperate in elaborating an action plan on recruitment and use of child soldiers as stipulated in Security Council resolutions 1539 and 1612 on children and armed conflict.35 This action plan should entail specific measures to prevent recruitment and use of children, identify and release all children associated with their armed forces and ensure access for child protection actors for ongoing monitoring and verification. Cross-border frameworks of cooperation and information exchange must be established and enhanced to address these concerns, both among United Nations actors and NGOs and between Governments. 74. Donors should commit to multi-year funding to ensure the sustainability of child reintegration programmes in line with the Paris Principles on children associated with armed forces or armed groups. They should ensure that such resource commitments are flexible and resources are delivered early. D. Protecting women’s rights and ensuring gender equality in law and society 75. Limited progress has been made in the implementation of the experts’ recommendations on protecting women’s rights and ensuring gender equality (A/HRC/10/59, paras. 102-104), which therefore remain fully applicable. Given the shocking levels of violence against women throughout the country, it is important that the Government and donors continue to address such violence and assistance to survivors as a matter of priority by building on current initiatives and enhancing coordination, including with local women’s organizations. 35 See A/HRC/10/59, para. 99.