A/HRC/37/47 encourages the Member States concerned to take appropriate measures, including through supporting the relevant child protection actors, to reintegrate those children who have been associated with armed groups, paying special attention to the needs of girls. She also calls upon all Member States to provide the necessary political, technical and financial support for reintegration programmes. 62. The Special Representative welcomes the continued attention to both progress and challenges regarding the impact of armed conflict on children in the reports of States parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Committee, as well as in the concluding observations of both committees. In that regard, all relevant Member States are urged to include, as appropriate, specific references to information on grave violations against children, on gaps in their applicable legal and policy frameworks and on accountability initiatives, in their own submissions to those bodies. 63. Relevant United Nations entities are also encouraged to use the concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Human Rights Committee as advocacy tools to promote States party follow-up to and implementation of recommendations related to children and armed conflict. 64. The Special Representative urges members of the Human Rights Council to emphasize the importance of the deployment of dedicated child protection capacity in situations of armed conflict, in order to mainstream child protection, conduct dialogue on action plans, support the release and reintegration of children and for monitoring and reporting. The Special Representative stresses that the need for such child protection capacity, including the budget required, should be systematically assessed during the preparation of peacekeeping operations and political missions. 65. The Special Representative notes the need to ensure that sufficient resources are provided to her Office and its partners to enable an increased focus on mandated tasks, such as awareness-raising, lessons learned, best practices and proactive engagement with regional and subregional organizations. 16

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