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103. Ten years after the launching of the United Nations study, the implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a unique opportunity to renew
commitments and reinvigorate action to end violence against children. For the very first
time, the dignity of children and their right to live free from violence and from fear are
recognized as a distinct priority on the international development agenda. The inclusion of
target 16.2 to eliminate by 2030 all forms of violence against children was a breakthrough;
the international community must now act to transform this momentum into an unstoppable
movement towards a world free from fear and from violence for all children.
104. Guided by the human rights imperative of freeing children from violence, by the
evidence gathered in recent years and by the ambitious vision and historic opportunity
offered by the 2030 Agenda to promote a quantum leap in violence prevention and response
efforts, the Special Representative reaffirms her resolve to mobilize even greater support
and action towards a world free from violence against children, in close collaboration with
Member States and all other stakeholders, most especially children themselves.
105. In the countdown to 2030, everybody counts. Every world citizen can be an agent of
change. And this can inspire others to work to bring about the change we need. Joining
hands together, the sum of all forces will be zero: zero violence.
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