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rights, peace and development, and recommended that human rights should be at the heart
of the post-2015 development agenda.
III. Concluding remarks
21.
The panel agreed that further action was necessary to tackle the problem of
child, early and forced marriage from a human rights perspective, and the OHCHR
report contained important recommendations in this regard. Through the discussions,
many good practices had been shared, providing an important insight into ways to
address child, early and forced marriage successfully.
22.
There was convergence on the need to adopt comprehensive approaches to
ensure the participation of girls, and communities. Such approaches had to address
the root causes of child, early and forced marriage, including poverty and gender
inequality. The need to ensure the access of girls to education and services, including
information and services on sexual and reproductive health, was also a recurring
theme of the panel.
23.
The panel also agreed that ensuring child, early and forced marriage features
in the post-2015 development agenda is critical. It was stressed that the Council needs
to remain actively engaged in this issue.
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