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(j) Strengthening the capacity to fight hunger and poverty through, inter alia, the
continuation of efforts aimed at identifying additional forms of international cooperation in this
regard;
2.
Invites States, if they deem it appropriate and where relevant, to report on the
progressive implementation of the human rights voluntary goals within the United Nations
human rights system in, inter alia, the context of their review under the universal periodic review
mechanism;
3.
Requests States to disseminate and promote the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights as widely as possible;
4.
Reinforces the invitation to States and all relevant stakeholders to submit to the
Council the projects and activities undertaken at the national, regional and international levels on
the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
5.
Invites States to report on the status of the implementation of these human rights
voluntary goals on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights;
6.
Welcomes its initiative to convene a commemorative session of the sixtieth
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to seize that opportunity to
launch the human rights voluntary goals.
22nd meeting
24 September 2008
Adopted without a vote.
9/13. Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use
and conditions of alternative care for children
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, which stipulates, inter alia, that in all actions concerning children, the best interests
of the child shall be a primary consideration,
Recalling and welcoming the international discussion launched in 2004 by the Committee
on the Rights of the Child on the subject of children deprived of parental care,
Recalling also and welcoming the initiative of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
which, in 2005, devoted its annual day of general discussion to the issue of children deprived of
parental care,
Recalling further and welcoming the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child that the international community should engage in the preparation of guidelines on
alternative care, to be considered and adopted by the General Assembly,
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