Social Council thefollowing system-wide issuesthattheExecutive Boardconsiders ofparticular relevance tothetriennial comprehensive policy reviewofthe operational activities oftheUnited Nations system: (a)Thebeneficial impactaidco-ordination canhaveformothers and children, asevidenced bytheexperiences ofUNICEF insupport oftheResident Co-ordinator andtheJointConsultative GrouponPolicy, andinitsworkwithother United Nations organizations, bilateral agencies andnon-governmental organizations, (b)Therelevance ofadapting technical assistance tothechanging needsof developing countries bypromoting maximum useoflow-cost interventions combined withsocialmobilization asevidenced ininitiatives suchasthechildsurvival and development revolution~ (c)Theneedtointegrate fullywomen's concerns intodevelopment activities andUNICEF's experience inthis regard~ (d)Thenecessity ofpromoting fullconsideration oftheimpact onmothers andchildren whenimplementing stabilization andadjustment programmes as evidenced, forexample, byrecent UNICEF experience inassisting' national Governments~ (e)Thecrucial importance ofamajorglobal mobilization forAfrica where vulnerable groups havebeenthemostseverely affected andwherefood,health and economic policy issuesareparticularly intertwined; (f)Therelevance ofsharing theexperience ofUNICEF inresource mobilization, particularly experience wherecollaboration withotherUnited Nations organizations andotherpartners hasproveneffective; 2.Requests theExecutive Director toprepare abriefbackground noteon theseissues, inaccordance withExecutive Boardpolicies, toassist theGeneral Assembly andtheEconomic andSocial Council deliberations andtheiroutcome and, inthisconnection, toco-operate withtheDirector-General forDevelopment and International Economic Co-operation inthepreparation ofthecomprehensive policy review. lOthmeeting 25April1986 -53- 1986/21. Draftconvention ontherightsofthechild TheExecutive Board, Emphasizing theimportance ofaconvention ontherightsofthechild, Noting withsatisfaction thattheCommission onHumanRights, inits resolution 1986/59 of13March1986,1/welcomed theefforts madebyUNICEF witha viewtopromoting andprotecting children's rights, lifeandwell-being, Taking noteoftheinformation contained indocument E/ICEF/1986/CRP.7, 1.Emphasizes thatthedrafting ofaconvention ontherightsofthechild should beconcluded without anyfurther delay~ 2.Reguests UNICEF toparticipate intheworkofthedrafting ofthe convention asappropriate~ 3.Encourages itsmembers toassist intheworkofthedrafting ofthe convention foritsearly conclusion~ 4.Requests theExecutive Director tokeeptheExecutive Boardinformed of theprogress regarding thedrafting oftheConvention. lOthmeeting 25April1986 Notes l/SeeOfficial Records oftheEconomic andSocial Council, 1985,Supplement No.10(E/1985/31), chap.V. 1/SeeOfficial Records oftheEconomic andSocial Council, Supplement No.2 (E/1986/22), chap.11. 86-18627 1721t (E) -54- II"""'"~I ..:;"IJ~J.-.J~I~ 0-';~Ir)'\01;~J<-J........\~ ..,;~Ir)'!:J!o..,-Sl;i~J-.L.,,;.;-11 bO'3kstor,es anddistributors throughout the Nations,SalesSection,NewYorkor Geneva. dansleslibrairies etlesagencesdepositaires 'braireouadressez-vous a:NationsUnies, UJ1MOEJ,E,lI,MHEHHbIX HAUMH MO)l(HO KynHTb BKHH)I(HbIX Mara3HHax npaBKH 06H3AaHHlIX BBallJeM KHH)I(HOM HlI06beAHHeHHblx HaI.\HH, CeKI.\HlI no ASNACIONES UNIDAS ventaenlibrerias ycasasdistribuidoras en asea:Naciones Unidas,Secci6ndeVentas, 86-18627-June 1986-4,800