A/HRC/43/38 met with children formerly associated with armed groups who were enrolled in reintegration programmes. 55. The Special Representative visited Mali in July 2019 to engage with, among others, the Government, armed groups who were signatories to the agreement for peace and reconciliation of 2015, international actors present in the country and civil society. She called upon all relevant parties to fully implement the protocol on the transfer of children captured in military operations to civilian child protection actors. She urged armed group leaders to release all children from their ranks and to end grave violations. She encouraged the Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad to fully implement their action plan of 2017 and called upon Platforme, listed for child recruitment and use, to adopt an action plan. The Special Representative also witnessed the creation of a new Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict, co-presided by Belgium and the Niger. 56. In October 2019, the Special Representative visited Somalia to discuss with the Federal Government of Somalia the implementation of its action plans of 2012 to end and prevent the recruitment and use and killing and maiming of children, including through the signing of a road map with the Minister of Defence to expedite implementation. The Special Representative raised concerns about the increasing number of violations attributed to federal member state security forces. She also visited Baidoa, South-West State, to assess first-hand the harsh reality of children affected by conflict and engage with regional authorities. Together with the Ministry of Defence, she launched a peacebuilding fund project supporting the prevention of child recruitment and the identification, separation and community-based reintegration of children formerly associated with armed forces and groups. 57. Furthermore, in Ottawa in February 2019, the Special Representative attended the international review workshop on the implementation guidance for the Vancouver Principles. In March 2019, she participated in the interactive dialogue on children and armed conflict, held in Geneva during the fortieth session of the Human Rights Council. In Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in May 2019, she attended the Third International Conference on Safe Schools. B. New global campaign and advocacy New global campaign: “Act to protect children affected by armed conflict” 58. In April 2019, the Special Representative launched the new media and advocacy campaign “Act to protect children affected by armed conflict”. The campaign, which will run until the end of 2022, is aimed at widening the reach of the previous “Children not Soldiers” campaign by focusing on all six grave violations in an effort to promote a holistic approach when responding to violations against children. It is also aimed at positioning the issue of children and armed conflict at the heart of the peacebuilding, humanitarian, development and prevention agendas. 59. The campaign was developed in consultation with various United Nations partners, including UNICEF, the Department of Peace Operations and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, as well as civil society organizations and States Members of the United Nations. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, Forest Whitaker, lent his support to the campaign. 60. “Act to protect children affected by armed conflict” was launched globally in New York on 2 April 2019 in an event co-sponsored by the European Union and the African Union. Launches in Brussels in April 2019, together with the European Parliament, and in Bangkok in August 2019, together with United Nations partners, will be followed by further regional launches in 2020. 61. Several countries on the children and armed conflict agenda took ownership of the campaign, and national launches took place, including in the Central African Republic in May 2019, in Somalia in June 2019 and in Mali in July 2019. Communication products 11