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External sources (not reviewed)

to the UNDAF priority area aimed at reinforcing socio-cultural practices that promote respect for human rights, non-discrimination and cultural and ethnic diversity.

confirms the high prevalence of violent disciplinary methods, but also recognizes that this practice coexists with non-violent discipline; close to 9 in 10 children experience physical punishment and psychological aggression, with higher rates among boys, among children between 5 and 9 years of age and in households where mothers condone corporal punishment and domestic violence; conversely, violent discipline was less prevalent when caregivers were engaged in greater levels of educational and play activities with their children.

Sri Lanka to contribute actively to the protection of children.

Organization of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to suggest measures to enhance the integration of the White Helmets initiative into the work of the United Nations system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session in a separate section of the annual report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

and the World Bank of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiative, a global partnership established in 1998 to halve the world’s malaria burden by 2010.

governance and security issues.

contribute actively to the protection of children and their efforts to engage with the Forces Nationales de Liberation, as well as the alleged dissidents of the Forces Nationales de Liberation in order to put an end to child recruitment and to facilitate the release of affected children.

example that can be applied in other post-disaster projects.

to and uptake of health services for poor and vulnerable children and women; (b) reducing health care costs for the poor and developing payment mechanisms less reliant on out-of-pocket expenses; (c) assuring adequate capacity in health human resources, particularly in remote poor areas; (d) improving health information systems to enable improved governance and performance of services and allocation of resources; (e) increasing the availability, range and quality of maternal and child health care and nutrition services, especially for the poor; and (f) increasing the reliability and availability of health and nutrition commodities, drugs and vaccines.

and young children of women detainees.

Desertification; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women; United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; United Nations Human Settlements Programme; United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; and United Nations Population Fund.

in close coordination with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict at the Headquarters level (although the Office has no operational presence in the field and focuses on global advocacy on the subject) to ensure the mainstreaming of child protection concerns in peacekeeping.

easy application of the revised standards at national and local levels.

justice from the members of the Panel.

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, East and Southeast Asia Subregional Office; and the World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office.

well-grounded report (S/2010/181) on the actual situation facing and involving children in areas of concern.

humanitarian contexts, such as the floods and earthquake in Pakistan and the United Nations response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

in English and French, which explores the legal, policy and practical issues involved in creating and maintaining child-friendly legal aid programmes in Africa.

United Nations Development Fund for Women, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations University, International Trade Centre, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Food Programme.

the United Nations Office for Project Services, the World Food Programme and relevant non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in support of the overall disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process.

for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women; and World Health Organization.