A/HRC/4/45 page 13 have been associated with armed groups through effective programmatic action that reinforces their rehabilitation and restores to them a sense of renewed hope. The Office of the Special Representative will work closely with Member States, relevant United Nations partners and the Peacebuilding Commission to ensure that children’s protection, demobilization and reintegration needs are addressed in the initial planning and implementation of peacebuilding operations. V. ADVOCACY AND RAISING AWARENESS WITH REGARD TO ALL OTHER ISSUES RELATING TO WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER CONFLICT 25. The monitoring, reporting and compliance process that has now been established emphasizes the need to look beyond child soldiering and to recognize five other categories of grave violations against children. The Office of the Special Representative will continue to advocate against such violations wherever they occur. It is necessary to recognize, however, that the range of protection issues related to children and armed conflict goes beyond even the six categories of violations being considered in the framework of the Security Council, and includes also such issues as psychosocial recovery, the challenges of reintegration of children formerly associated with armed groups, the problems related to children affected by HIV/AIDS, the disruption of education, the lack of access to health care and trafficking of children. Therefore, the Office of the Special Representative will aim to advocate for, raise awareness of and support further studies on emerging concerns for children, especially such issues as may be raised by the United Nations and NGO partners, in support of a more concerted response. 26. Targeted, concerted and strategic advocacy on all aspects of the children and armed conflict agenda will underpin the work of the Office of the Special Representative. Activities will be geared towards (a) creating awareness and global consensus on the need to protect all children affected by armed conflict both during and after conflict; (b) creating a broad coalition of support for the further development and application of international human rights standards as they relate to war-affected children; and (c) advancing ideas and mobilizing support for policies within the United Nations system, regional organizations and donor aid practices to ensure that the protection of children affected by armed conflict is addressed in their peacebuilding, human rights, humanitarian, transitional and development aid strategies. 27. Field missions undertaken by the Special Representative constitute a vital component of the advocacy efforts of the Office in order to bear witness first hand to the situation of children, enhance dialogue with Member States, support more effectively the work of operational partners, elicit commitments from parties to conflict and unblock difficult political situations, as required. The mission by the Special Representative to Uganda resulted in the Government agreeing to enter into an action plan to work with UNICEF and OHCHR to set up an action plan for the prevention of recruitment; the removal of child combatants in local defence units and UPDF; the strengthening of measures by the Government with regard to taking disciplinary action against armed forces personnel who knowingly recruit children in the local defence forces and UPDF; the strengthening of existing procedures for access of designated personnel from UNICEF, OHCHR and the Uganda Human Rights Commission to enter military installations for the purpose of verifying whether children are present in the armed forces; and that the Government will seriously consider enacting criminal legislation to prevent and punish civilian abettors of child recruitment.