A/HRC/43/38 68. To collate lessons learned and best practices, the Office of the Special Representative undertook missions to the Philippines and Uganda. In the Philippines in December 2018, the Office participated in an event on reintegration best practices in Mindanao, sponsored by the Government of Belgium, and travelled to the south of the country. Meetings were held with United Nations entities, government officials, leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and disengaged child soldiers of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and their families. During the mission to Uganda in March 2019, visits were conducted to the north of the country, particularly affected by grave violations against children during the conflict. Interviews were held with former child soldiers, affected children and stakeholders working on child protection issues to record their assessment of the situation, both then and now. The collected evidence and stories were collated and put into a lessons-learned file for further dissemination to practitioners. D. Global Coalition for the Reintegration of Child Soldiers 69. As mentioned in her previous report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/40/49), the Special Representative launched in 2018 the Global Coalition for the Reintegration of Child Soldiers to generate new ideas for addressing sustainable support for child reintegration programmes. The Global Coalition is co-led by UNICEF and composed of child protection experts from the United Nations and civil society organizations, as well as the World Bank, academia and States Members of the United Nations. An expert advisory group, a steering committee and a group of friends were set up to advise the Global Coalition. 70. Throughout 2019 consultations were held with global academia, local and international non-governmental organizations, States Members of the United Nations, financing experts, international organizations, and former child soldiers and affected children. For instance, on 25 February 2019, the first meeting of the group of friends of reintegration was held in New York under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan, Malta and France. On 11 and 12 June 2019, a consultation meeting with former child soldiers and children affected by conflict took place in New York with partners from Sierra Leone, South Sudan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, among others. On 22 July 2019, the Office of the Special Representative organized, together with UNICEF and the Republic of Korea, a side event entitled “Horizons for child reintegration: emerging data on how to assist children to recover their lives”. On 26 November 2019, Belgium, Peru, Poland and the United Kingdom co-hosted an Arria formula meeting on the issue of child reintegration, with an emphasis on bridging the humanitarian–development– peace nexus. 71. Three papers elaborated within this framework will be publicly launched at the beginning of 2020. The subjects of these papers are: gaps and needs of children associated with armed forces or armed groups’ successful reintegration; reframing child reintegration, from humanitarian action to development, peacebuilding, prevention and beyond; and financing support for child reintegration. The next phase of the work of the Global Coalition will be outlined at the public launch. E. Prevention of grave violations against children 72. The prevention of violations against children in armed conflict is a crucial element in building and sustaining peace, as well as in ensuring that children realize their rights and tap into their potential as agents of change. In support of the Secretary-General’s vision on prevention, the Sustainable Development Goals and sustaining peace resolutions, the Special Representative and the Government of the Central African Republic discussed the development of a national plan to prevent grave violations against children during her mission to the country in May 2019. To support the Government towards that end, her Office undertook an evaluation mission to the Central African Republic in November 2019. 73. The development and expansion of regional and subregional prevention initiatives encouraged in Security Council resolution 2427 (2018) would both sustain the gains made 13