A/73/276
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 July 2018
Original: English
Seventy-third session
Item 70 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of the rights of children: promotion
and protection of the rights of children
Annual report of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General on Violence against Children
Summary
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/245, the present annual report of the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children provides
an overview of major initiatives and developments to sustain and scale up efforts t o
safeguard children’s freedom from violence and advance the implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It highlights the strategic milestone that
will be reached in 2019, the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child, during which the high-level political forum on sustainable
development will review progress towards the achievement of Sustainable
Development Goal 16, including its target to end all forms of violence against children,
and the Assembly will mobilize accelerated action for the further implementation of
the 2030 Agenda.
* A/73/100.
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