A/HRC/43/39 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 December 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Annual report of the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral on Violence against Children Summary In her report, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid, outlines the impact that violence has on children’s mental health and provides an overview of major initiatives and developments to sustain and scale up efforts to safeguard children’s freedom from violence and advance implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. GE.19-22120(E) 