A/HRC/19/64 Marrakesh Declaration, Fourth Arab High Level Conference on the Rights of the Child, December 2010 We, the Representatives of Arab States participating in the ―Fourth Arab High-Level Conference on the Rights of the Child‖ held in the City of Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco, under the gracious patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI from 19 to 21 December 2010, under the motto of ―Promoting Arab Partnership to enhance the Status of the Child‖, Express our deep appreciation and gratitude to His Majesty King Mohamed VI of Morocco, for his gracious patronage of this Conference. Thank the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and the Preparatory Committee of the Conference for their concerted efforts which contributed to the success of the Conference. Reaffirming the values, principles and objectives of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two optional protocols, the ― World Fit for Children ― declaration issued by the United Nations Special Session on children in 2002, the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals; Commending Arab efforts aiming at achieving the objectives of the Second Arab Childhood Plan (2004-2015) to promote the situation of children in the region and ensure their rights, particularly their rights to comprehensive health care, quality education, full protection, participation, equality and non-discrimination; Commending, also, the actions taken by Arab States to strengthen legislation aimed at protecting the rights of the child, establishing new mechanisms for their follow-up and implementation, reporting violations, strengthening social care and reform institutions and restorative justice mechanisms; launching awareness-raising and extension campaigns, in addition to other steps taken by a number of Arab states to withdraw their reservations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and related instruments; Recalling the findings and recommendations of the following preparatory meetings to the Conference; • Civil Society Forum held on 24 February 2010 in Cairo in cooperation with the Arab Council for Childhood and Development to consider means for promoting the role of the civil society in the implementation of the Second Arab Childhood Plan; • Media Forum held in Beirut in cooperation with the Higher Council for Childhood on 25 and 26 May 2010 to review the important role of media in supporting causes related to the rights of the child; • Youth Forum held in Damascus in cooperation with the Syrian Commission for Family Affairs from 27 to 29 July 2010. • Referring to the findings and outcomes of studies, reports and documentation prepared jointly by the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and a number of Arab countries, as well as the findings of the Round Table held during the Conference on the ―Situation of Children under Israeli Occupation‖, and Pursuant to the fruitful and constructive discussions that took place during the Conference with the purpose of assessing progress achieved in the implementation of the Second Arab Childhood Plan; We declare our determination: • To promote Arab partnership and strengthen joint Arab action mechanisms through exchanging expertise , developing capabilities and mobilizing resources to promote 36