A/HRC/21/38 of children associated with the Chadian army and associated security forces. She met the President and other Government officials, together with representatives of the United Nations country team, the diplomatic community, international and national nongovernmental organizations and civil society. She also travelled to the east of the country, where she visited a Sudanese refugee camp and met local authorities and traditional leaders. 53. The Special Representative stressed the need to support educational infrastructure and economic reintegration as critical measures in preventing rerecruitment. She obtained a commitment from the Government to take the steps necessary to develop a national legislative framework for the protection of children. B. Central African Republic 54. The Special Representative travelled to the Central African Republic from 15 to 23 November 2011 to take stock of the challenges facing children affected by armed conflict in the country. 55. The Special Representative met the Prime Minister and other Government officials, the leaders of armed groups (APRD, Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemblement and CPJP) and representatives of the Ugandan People’s Defence Force, the diplomatic community, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations country team. She travelled to the LRA-affected region to meet LRA victims, local authorities and the Ugandan People’s Defence Force to discuss the implementation of standard operating procedures for the handover of children in its custody. She also travelled to the north of the country, where she witnessed the signing of an action plan between the United Nations and CPJP to end the recruitment of children in its ranks. C. Somalia 56. The Special Representative travelled to Somalia from 23 to 25 November 2011 to discuss the development of an action plan with the Government and challenges facing the country task force on monitoring and reporting in relation to grave violations against children. 57. In Mogadishu, the Special Representative met the President and Prime Minister of Somalia, representatives of the Transitional Federal Government’s forces and the Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia to discuss the development of an action plan to end the recruitment of children. She then met representatives of the diplomatic community and United Nations country team members to assess progress made in establishing a monitoring and reporting mechanism for Somalia . D. South Sudan 58. During her visit to South Sudan from 12 to 16 March 2012, the Special Representative witnessed the signing of a renewed action plan by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army to end the recruitment and use of children in its ranks. 59. The Special Representative met the President and high-level representatives of the Government, urging them to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict. She also voiced her concern to the Governor of Malakal, Upper Nile State, which adjoins the Sudan, regarding the recruitment of children by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in its regional barracks. 14