A/HRC/4/45 page 10 resolution 1533 (2004). The Working Group has further urged United Nations agencies and donor Governments to support the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with technical assistance for Auditeurs militaires in bringing an end to impunity for grave violations against children committed by military forces or armed groups present in the country. On the Sudan, the Working Group recommended that the Security Council pay increased attention to children affected by armed conflict in the country and continue to strengthen measures taken for the protection of children, including the capacity to protect girls from rape and other forms of gender-based violence. The situation of children affected by armed conflict in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Somalia will be presented to the Working Group in the first half of 2007. 15. Since the adoption of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005), a number of parties have established dialogue with the United Nations within the framework of the monitoring and reporting framework for the preparation and implementation of time-bound action plans to prevent and end the violations for which they have been cited. In that regard, in November 2005 the rebel group Forces nouvelles in Côte d’Ivoire, under concerted pressure from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire and from UNICEF, submitted to the Special Representative an action plan to prevent recruitment and to release children associated with their forces. This concrete commitment is the culmination of dialogue established by UNICEF with the Forces nouvelles in 2003. The United Nations is now working with Forces nouvelles to identify the children and reintegrate them into their communities. Pro-Government militia groups in Côte d’Ivoire have now also signalled their intention to fully cooperate towards the preparation of a similar action plan, the modalities of which are presently under discussion. A recent development since the publication of the Secretary-General’s annual report is the commitment received from Colonel Karuna, leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulighal (TMVP) in Sri Lanka, to collaborate with UNICEF on developing an action plan to prevent recruitment and to release all children in its ranks. The Karen National Liberation Army, which has been reported to be recruiting from refugee camps in Thailand, has also sent a letter to the Office of the Special Representative stating that it would no longer use or recruit children, would monitor its units and take action to ensure that no children are within its ranks, and that it would cooperate and allow unhindered United Nations access to monitor and verify compliance with non-recruitment. The Office of the Special Representative is currently liaising with the United Nations country team to finalize a deed of commitment and action plan which will address these points. 16. It must be stressed that an effective monitoring, reporting and compliance regime depends largely on the collaboration of a number of critical stakeholders, particularly Member States, United Nations system partners, NGOs and local civil society, in situations of concern. The United Nations human rights system is an important component in this regard. C. Application of international child protection standards 17. Important precedents have also been set in the fight to end impunity through the application of international child protection standards. For example, in October 2005 the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for five senior members of the insurgent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), including its rebel leader, Joseph Kony, who is charged