STATEMENT
Human Rights Council 55th Session.
Item 3 - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.
Statement delivered by Ambassador Mr. Tormod C. ENDRESEN,
Permanent Representative of Norway on behalf of the Nordic Baltic countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.
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13 March 2024
Thank you, President,
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic countries.
We thank the Special Representative for her report and valuable recommendations.
We support her in encouraging the Human Rights Council to maintain the practice of including recommendations on the protection of children affected by armed conflict when considering or adopting resolutions on country-specific situations or thematic issues.
The same applies for the Universal Periodic Review. Particular attention should be paid to the implementation of such recommendations.
We also support her in encouraging the Council to continue to include references to child rights violations in its resolutions establishing or renewing the mandates of special procedures, commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and investigations, and to foresee in those resolutions dedicated expertise on child rights.
We encourage Member States on their side, to ensure that child protection resources and capacity are allocated in relevant budgetary provisions.
Madam Special Representative, which concrete measures should be prioritized to ensure dedicated expertise on child rights and child protection in special procedures, commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and investigations?
Thank you.