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C. Tracing and family reintegration
161. Identifying, registering and documenting unaccompanied or separated children are
priorities in any emergency and should be carried out as quickly as possible.
162. Registration activities should be conducted by or under the direct supervision of State
authorities and explicitly mandated entities with responsibility for and experience in this task.
163. The confidential nature of the information collected should be respected and systems put in
place for safe forwarding and storage of information. Information should only be shared among
duly mandated agencies for the purpose of tracing, family reintegration and care.
164. All those engaged in tracing family members or primary legal or customary caregivers
should operate within a coordinated system, using standardized forms and mutually compatible
procedures, wherever possible. They should ensure that the child and others concerned would not
be endangered by their actions.
165. The validity of relationships and the confirmation of the willingness of the child and family
members to be reunited must be verified for every child. No action should be taken that may
hinder eventual family reintegration, such as adoption, change of name, or movement to places
far from the family’s likely location, until all tracing efforts have been exhausted.
166. Appropriate records of any placement of a child should be made and kept in a safe and
secure manner so that reunification can be facilitated in the future.
11/8. Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights
Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of
the International Conference on Population and Development and their Review Conferences and
the targets and commitments regarding the reduction of maternal mortality and universal access
to reproductive health, including those contained in the 2000 Millennium Declaration
(General Assembly resolution 55/2) and the 2005 World Summit Outcome (General Assembly
resolution 60/1),
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