A/72/53/Add.1 8. Calls upon the Central African authorities, with the support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, to engage resolutely in the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation of foreign fighters, in line with a comprehensive strategy for security sector reform to quickly operationalize the cooperation structures they have put in place and to make proposals for disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation, and requests Member States and international organizations to provide the funding necessary for the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation process, which is an essential contribution to the security of the population and the stabilization of the country; 9. Urges the Central African authorities, with the support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and the European Union Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic, to adopt and implement a national security policy and a comprehensive strategy for the reform of the security sector, including prior human rights verification procedures by defence and security forces; 10. Deplores the increasing recruitment and use of children by armed groups as combatants, human shields, domestic workers or sex slaves, as well as the abduction of children, urges armed groups to release children from their ranks and to put an end to and prevent future recruitment and use of children, and, in this regard, calls on them to honour the commitments assumed by several of them on 5 May 2015; 11. Encourages the Government to consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; 12. Urges all parties to protect and to consider as victims those children who have been released or otherwise separated from armed forces and armed groups, and emphasizes the need to pay particular attention to the protection, release and reintegration of all children associated with the armed forces and armed groups; 13. Calls upon the authorities of the Central African Republic to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the entire population and to take all necessary steps to end the impunity of perpetrators of acts of violence by strengthening the judicial system and mechanisms intended to ensure accountability; 14. Notes the decision of the Central African authorities in June 2014 to request the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into alleged crimes committed in the Central African Republic that may fall under the Court’s jurisdiction, and welcomes in that regard the opening in September 2014 of an investigation by the Court essentially into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 1 August 2012; 15. Welcomes the efforts by the Central African authorities to establish within the national judicial system the Special Criminal Court with competence in respect of serious violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and encourages the Government to take all the measures necessary to ensure the effective implementation and operational capability of the Court as promptly as possible, with support from the international community, and to cooperate with the Special Prosecutor of the Court so that those responsible for international crimes, regardless of their status or their affiliation, are identified, arrested and brought to justice without delay; 16. Requests the authorities of the Central African Republic to take immediate and concrete priority measures to strengthen the judiciary and to fight impunity in order to contribute to stabilization and reconciliation, including by restoring administration of the judiciary and by strengthening the criminal justice system and the penitentiary system such that judicial authorities are effectively present throughout the country, ensuring that everyone has access to fair and impartial justice; 17. Also requests the authorities of the Central African Republic to continue their efforts to restore the effective authority of the State over the entire country, including through the redeployment of State administration in the provinces with a view to ensuring stable, responsible, inclusive and transparent governance; 18. Requests States Members of the United Nations and international and regional organizations to provide urgent support to the Central African authorities for the 68 GE.17-18194