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14.
Urges all States parties to withdraw reservations that are incompatible with
the object and purpose of the Convention or the Optional Protocols thereto;
15.
Urges all States that have not yet signed and ratified or acceded to the
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the
Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 Convention (No. 182) of the International Labour
Organization to consider doing so as a matter of priority;
Follow-up
16.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
prepare a summary of the full-day meeting on the rights of the child, as a follow-up to
paragraph 7 of Council resolution 7/29 of 28 March 2008;
17.
Invites the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography and the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence
against Children to cooperate on themes of mutual interest within their respective mandates,
and to report to the Council at its sixteenth session on effective and child-sensitive
counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms to which children can safely report
incidents of violence, including sexual violence and exploitation; and invites them in so
doing, to cooperate with States and relevant partners such as the Committee on the Rights
of the Child, the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed
Conflict and on Sexual Violence in Conflict, national human rights institutions and
ombudspersons for children, United Nations agencies, regional organizations, civil society
organizations and children themselves;
18.
Requests the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography to present her next report to the Council at its sixteenth session;
19.
Calls upon all stakeholders to address the rights of the child throughout the
universal periodic review mechanism and to take into consideration the issues of violence
against children, including sexual violence against children;
20.
Decides to continue its consideration of the question of the rights of the child
in accordance with its programme of work and its resolution 7/29, and to focus its next
resolution and full-day meeting on a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of
the rights of children working and/or living on the street.
44th meeting
26 March 2010
[Adopted without a vote]
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