| Date | 13 December 2007 |
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| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 13:10 |
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Commemorative High-level Plenary Meeting Devoted to the Follow-up to the Outcome of the Special Session on Children
Agenda item 66 (continued)
Promotion and protection of the rights of children
(b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children
Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/259)
Draft resolution (A/62/L.31)
The Acting President
I invite His Excellency Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, chairman of the delegation of France, to take the floor.
Mr. Lacroix (France)
Today I have with me Ms. Joyce Bukuru, who will make a statement as a representative of children.
Five years ago, the Member States of the United Nations, meeting in a special session of the General Assembly, developed a vision of a world fit for children and collectively subscribed to commitments to transform this vision into reality by 2015.
France has therefore presented the fundamental lines of its action with a view to the advent of a world fit for children, based on the universalization of the right to education, particularly for girls, and the right to health, especially in the face of the tremendous challenges from pandemics such as HIV/AIDS. France has also pledged to spare no effort to combat the worst forms of exploitation and violence against children, such as the enlistment of children in armed conflicts, sexual violence against children or pornography involving children. It has also worked to end the practice of female genital mutilation.
This meeting must demonstrate more than ever our commitment to redoubling efforts to help children and to speed up implementation of the declaration adopted five years ago. We are pleased that the report prepared by the Secretary-General notes substantial progress in some areas, such as the overall reduction in infant mortality and the success of major immunization campaigns. The pace at which infant mortality has declined thus far, however, is too slow for the relevant target to be reached. The same is true for the targets for immunization, with rare exceptions.
With regard to access by all children to education, significant progress has been made in access to primary education. Nevertheless, excessive disparities persist in school attendance rates for girls and disadvantaged children.
France also deplores the fact that the worst forms of exploitation and abuse persist in spite of the international community's efforts to strengthen the normative framework and the programmes of assistance that have been developed for the most vulnerable categories of children. Allow me to mention three areas upon which we intend to focus.
First, with regard to the scourge of child soldiers, France has supported the development of the Paris Principles, adopted in February 2007; these commitments aim at preventing the recruitment and use of children by armed forces or groups and at obtaining their release and their reintegration into their communities. The Principles have already been adopted by 66 States, and we intend to continue taking initiatives to implement them in full. France will also continue to work in the Security Council, particularly in the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, which it has chaired since it was founded and which has achieved some encouraging initial results in terms of the release of children involved with armed forces or groups. Lastly, our efforts will be supplemented by bilateral and multilateral cooperation in partnership with United Nations agencies.
Secondly, France supports the strategies for child survival, in particular in partnership with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in the context of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness programme. France has undertaken an effort to protect children against the main diseases that can be prevented by immunization. To that end, France mobilized a total of 45 million for 2004-2006 to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the GAVI Alliance. France also has a grant arrangement with the International Finance Facility for Immunization for one quarter of the initial 4 billion in financing over 20 years. Through the airline ticket solidarity contribution and the launch of the International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID), France is contributing to the purchase of paediatric drug formulas for the three major pandemics: AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. UNITAID has already mobilized over $300 million. At the same time, France has become the second leading donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and will allocate 900 million over the next three years.
Thirdly, education for all is essential for social cohesion and international development solidarity. A great many countries face major difficulties in formulating and implementing sustainable education policies. Primary education for all, one of the Millennium Development Goals, is a priority in French cooperation. France is committed, through its strategy, to a goal that goes beyond primary education and includes post-primary educational and occupational training.
At the multilateral level, we are also contributing to the attainment of the goal of education for all through the European Fund for Development, the funds of the World Bank in that sector and UNESCO, and we are actively supporting the fast-track initiative for the accelerated implementation of education for all in developing countries.
On the occasion of this commemorative debate, the Secretary-General has asked for the greatest possible response from all Governments and for them to engage all of their capacities in confronting the challenge facing us. France will respond positively to this appeal and will continue to implement its commitments.
I would now like to introduce Ms. Joyce Bukuru.
Ms. Bukuru (France)
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