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74.
The Office also uses its advocacy role to engage with Governments and parties to
conflict to uphold their obligations to protect civilians and to ensure that humanitarian
priorities are defined on the basis of needs alone, and that assistance and protection are
given as a matter of priority to those in the most vulnerable situation.
75.
The Office is currently implementing the Agenda for Humanity, including in
maintaining the Platform for Action, Commitments and Transformation, in which
commitments will be monitored.
4.
Office of the High Commissioner-Palestine
76.
OHCHR-Palestine has provided technical advice on the alignment of national
priorities with the legal obligations of the State of Palestine under human rights treaties and
its political commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals. These efforts have been
furthered by the United Nations country team, which supported the Government in its
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To support the
integration of human rights treaty obligations and the Sustainable Development Goals in
national sector strategies, OHCHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have developed a
matrix illustrating the linkages between treaty obligations, the Sustainable Development
Goals and potential priorities for each government sector. In addition, OHCHR-Palestine
has engaged with civil society organizations on using the framework of the Sustainable
Development Goals and its processes to promote human rights and to hold the Government
accountable.
5.
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed
Conflict
77.
The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and
Armed Conflict reported on several initiatives connected to good governance, such as the
signing of plans of action with Government and non-State armed actors to reduce violations
against children; military to civilian handover protocols; and work with regional
organizations on children and armed conflict and advocacy with regard to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child. The plans of action have included commitments to take
measures to strengthen institutional responses in fulfilling the rights and needs of children
affected by armed conflict. The Children, Not Soldiers campaign had the aim of supporting
national security forces in ending the recruitment and use of children in their forces in
conflict-affected countries.
78.
The Office has also prioritized partnerships with regional organizations to advance
the children and armed conflict agenda, and to promote regional ownership of the
protection of children, including by providing support for the development of the work plan
of the African Union on children and armed conflict. The plan operationalized good
governance through policies and decisions that promoted peace and the rights of children in
armed conflict.
79.
Other partnerships have included work with the League of Arab States, on a
cooperation agreement to enhance coordination and information-sharing in the interest of
mainstreaming child protection; with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, focusing on
the use of practical experience to inform training courses on the issue of children and armed
conflict; with the European Union, in the protection of children in conflict in the political
and human rights dialogue; and with individual member States, to further child protection
and to encourage the ratification and enactment of related international and national
legislation.
80.
The Special Representative has continued to advocate for the signing and ratification
of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
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