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including the President of the Congress of Peru. These dimensions constitute establishing a
core agenda which will be pursued across regions in close collaboration with the InterParliamentary Union and UNICEF.
3.
Cooperation with the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of the Global
Movement for Children
66.
Decisive steps were also taken to consolidate regional collaboration and agree on a
strategic action plan on violence against children with the Latin American and Caribbean
Chapter of the Global Movement for Children, in which UNICEF and key civil society
organizations participate. In this context, the Special Representative held an important
planning meeting in Panama with members of the Movement, the Rapporteur on the Rights
of the Child of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and representatives of
the Committee on the Rights of the Child and OHCHR. As a key outcome from the
meeting, it was agreed to pursue, over the next three years, implementation of the
recommendations of the study with particular emphasis on the adoption of legislation to
prohibit all forms of violence against children; the development of a comprehensive, wellcoordinated and well-resourced national strategy, and the consolidation of research and data
systems in this area.
4.
Participation in the Cairo Conference on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and Islamic Jurisprudence, co-sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic
Conference and UNICEF
67.
In November 2009, the Special Representative participated in an important
conference organized in Cairo, under the patronage of the First Lady of Egypt, to
commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and
the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood of Egypt.
68.
The meeting was co-sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
and UNICEF, and participants were representatives of international organizations
(including OHCHR), the Committee on the Rights of the Child, national human rights
institutions and NGOs and children from 10 OIC countries.
69.
Through the Cairo Declaration on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and
Islamic Jurisprudence that was adopted at the conference, participants renewed their
commitment to the rights of the child, calling for, inter alia, greater compliance with the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, the provision of adequate human and financial
resources for its implementation and the establishment of effective data systems on
children.
70.
As regarded violence against children, participants expressed commitment to
developing productive cooperation with the Special Representative and providing her with
the necessary technical and financial support. They called on OIC member States to take all
appropriate legislative, social and other measures for effective follow-up to the study’s
recommendations; urgently review and reform legislation to ensure the prohibition of all
forms of violence and the promotion of positive, non-violent forms of discipline; and, on
the basis of positive national experiences, establish a high-level focal point to coordinate
actions to prevent and combat violence, and develop a well-resourced national strategy on
violence against children. Special attention was also given to prevention and protection
from harmful practices, protection of children under occupation and in times of war and
poverty alleviation.
71.
The Cairo Declaration provides a strong platform for OIC member States and civil
society organizations to advance the protection of children from violence and support the
further implementation of the study’s recommendations. With its specific call for the
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