A/HRC/30/33 communications networks in the provinces of Equateur, Katanga, North Kivu, Orientale and South Kivu. As a result of that assistance, FARDC and MONUSCO were able to take action to protect civilians;  Between 2011 and 2012, UNJHRO established 93 MONUSCO early warning, analysis and rapid response units, which received 1,890 early warnings relating to threats of armed attacks against civilian populations. 46. Despite the results recorded and the adoption, in 2013, by humanitarian actors of a directive on civilian and military coordination concerning information sharing and the wider strategy of the United Nations for the protection of civilians, shortcomings persist in coordination between the humanitarian actors, UNJHRO and MONUSCO forces on information sharing and the prevention of risks of armed attacks on civilians. Some members of working groups on protection are reluctant to share information as a result of their strict interpretation of humanitarian principles (neutrality and impartiality) since the integration with MONUSCO, in 2013, of the Intervention Brigade, when it was given a mandate to fight in response to imminent attacks upon civilians. 2. Protection of children 47. On 4 October 2012, the Government and the special team of the United Nations for the protection of children in armed conflict signed an action plan to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed forces and armed groups, in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009) and 1998 (2011). An interministerial committee and a joint technical working group, comprising the Government and specialized agencies of the United Nations, 9 were set up to implement the action plan. The MONUSCO Child Protection Section coordinates the joint technical working group and identifies and remo ves children from armed groups. 48. According to report A/69/926-S/2015/409 (2015) on children and armed conflict of the Secretary-General to the Security Council, at least 1,030 children (973 boys and 57 girls) were removed from armed groups in the provinces of Orientale and North and South Kivu in 2014. 49. UNICEF and its partners provided comprehensive care to 863 child victims of sexual violence in 2014. 50. Between 2012 and 2014, War Child UK supported the creation and transfer to the Ministry of Gender, Family and Children of a helpline covering the provinces of North and South Kivu and Kinshasa. This centre responds to children who have been demobilized from armed groups or who are victims of sexual violence. Between 2013 and 2014, social workers from the provincial division of social affairs in North Kivu received and processed 10,945 calls. In March 2015, the special representative of the Head of State tasked with combating sexual violence and the recruitment of child soldiers launched a similar initiative at the national level. It is important to ensure the complementarity of these two mechanisms in order to better coordinate assistance to the children concerned. 3. Protection of internally displaced persons and returnees 51. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanita rian Affairs (OCHA), approximately 2.7 million persons were displaced in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 1.4 million returnees were registered in 2014. 10 __________________ 9 10 14/19 The International Labour Organization, UNHCR, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNICEF and the MONUSCO Child Protection Section. OCHA, Republic of Congo, Humanitarian perspective (November 2014). GE.15-14279