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Ensure that age assessments are only carried out in cases when a child's
age is in doubt, and take into account both the physical appearance and
the psychological maturity of the individual; that they are conducted in a
scientific, safe, child and gender-sensitive and fair manner with due
respect for human dignity; and that they consider the individual as a child
in the event of uncertainty;
•
Establish and/or implement codes of conduct, including stipulating zero
tolerance for child exploitation and abuse for all humanitarian staff,
including those working in the delivery of services, and for other staff in
authority such as border guards, and ensure that confidential and
accessible complaints systems are in place which include child and gendersensitive investigation and follow-up, so as to encourage the reporting of
abuse and exploitation where codes of conduct are breached;
•
Address, on a priority basis, the concerns of children in protracted refugee
situations, including through intensifying efforts for durable solutions
which will reduce the risks they face;
•
Support the efforts of host countries to enhance education, health care
and provision of other basic services in refugee-impacted areas as well as
expand national protection capacities for addressing the needs of children
in particular; and
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Mobilize financial and other necessary resources, as appropriate, including
by action to ensure the provision of protection and material assistance and
timely durable solutions based on international solidarity, cooperation and
burden and responsibility sharing;
(h) Further recommends that States, UNHCR and other relevant agencies and
partners undertake the following non-exhaustive prevention, response and
solution measures in order to address specific wider environmental or individual
risks factors:
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Provide, where possible, asylum-seeking and refugee children with
individual documentation evidencing their status;
•
Register births and provide children with birth or other appropriate
certificates as a means of providing an identity;
•
Facilitate children's enjoyment of family unity through putting in place
procedures to prevent separation, and in respect of unaccompanied and
separated children, facilitate tracing and family reunification with their
family members in accordance with the respective child's best interests,
with due respect for the national legislation of respective States;
•
Promote the provision of alternative care and accommodation
arrangements for unaccompanied and separated children, and facilitate
the appointment of a guardian or adviser when an unaccompanied or
separated child is identified;
•
Make all efforts to provide a secure environment including through
selecting safe locations for camps and settlements as close to local
facilities as possible, undertaking child and gender-sensitive protectionbased site planning;
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