A/HRC/34/28 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 12

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