A/HRC/19/2 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 43 to 0, with 2 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United States of America, Uruguay Abstaining: China, Cuba] 19/37 Rights of the child The Human Rights Council, Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, as well as other human rights instruments, Reaffirming all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, the most recent being Council resolutions 7/29 of 28 March 2008, 10/14 of 26 March 2009, 13/20 of 26 March 2010 and 16/12 of 24 March 2011, and Assembly resolution 66/141 of 19 December 2011, Welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,55 on the follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on children56 and on the girl child,57 Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children,58 the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict,59 and the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,60 Welcoming the study of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on challenges, lessons learned and best practices in a holistic, child rights and gender-based approach to protect and promote the rights of children working and/or living on the street,61 Taking note with appreciation of the adoption by the General Assembly of the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on a communications 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 104 A/66/230. A/66/258. A/66/257. A/HRC/19/64. A/66/256. A/66/228 and A/HRC/19/63. A/HRC/19/35. GE.13-14768