A/HRC/37/47 become productive members of their communities who can benefit from exercising the full range of their human rights, those girls and boys may not be in a position to contribute to peace and development efforts. 31. Community-based reintegration services that provide psychosocial assistance to children have been designed to help them reclaim their lives through educational and vocational opportunities, taking into account the particular needs of girls. Equally, preparing affected communities to welcome and reintegrate children formerly recruited by armed forces or groups into their midst, is an integral part of community-based processes. In that regard, the Special Representative reiterates her call to Member States and regional and subregional organizations to ensure that the resources for separation and reintegration are sufficient and that there is a focus on sustainability, including by ensuring that children are reintegrated into safe and secure environments and provision is made to prioritize their access to education. She urges the Human Rights Council to continue to focus on this issue in relevant resolutions and other relevant forums. D. Addressing grave violations by non-State armed groups 32. Building on advances made with government armed forces to prevent the recruitment of children, the United Nations has enhanced its engagement with armed groups with the same aim. In that regard, the United Nations has continued direct engagement with the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to ensure the timely release and reintegration of children associated with the armed group. In addition, in September the National Liberation Army agreed to a bilateral and temporary ceasefire agreement with the Government, which included a commitment to suspend the recruitment of minors below 15 years of age into the ranks. 33. In the Philippines, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces continued to implement their action plan pertaining to the recruitment and use of children. The group put in place all the elements necessary to prevent the recruitment of children and all 1,869 children identified by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as associated with its armed wing underwent formal disengagement in a series of ceremonies, the last of which took place in March 2017. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front also promulgated a directive that requires regular self-monitoring and screening of armed elements, as well as age assessment guidelines to establish internal safeguards for preventing the association and reassociation of children. Following the full implementation of the action plan, the group was delisted from the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (ibid.). The provision of services, including the development of life skills and vocational opportunities, will be important to minimize the risk of children being reassociated. 34. In the Sudan, following the signature of an action plan in November 2016, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North committed to ensuring the release of children present in their ranks and to taking the measures necessary to halt child recruitment and use, including through the issuance and dissemination of military orders and the appointment of a high-level focal point to coordinate and collaborate with the United Nations to ensure the full implementation of the action plan. The group also pledged to facilitate the reintegration of the children into their communities and provide for their access to education. 35. Engagement by the United Nations with non-State armed groups also resulted in the signing of two new action plans in the reporting period. In March 2017 in Mali, the Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad signed an action plan with the United Nations to prevent the recruitment of children and the use of sexual violence against them. This was a particularly positive development in the light of the fact that all entities under the umbrella of the Coordination des mouvements de l’Azawad are bound by the provisions of the action plan, despite the fact that only the Mouvement national de libération de l’Azawad is listed in the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict as having put in place measures to protect children (ibid.). In September 2017, the United Nations also signed an action plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by the Civilian Joint Task Force in Nigeria. In October, the president of that group issued a standing order 10