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disasters. For example, landmines and unexploded ordnance kill and injure refugee, internally
displaced and resident children long after armed conflicts have ceased. Refugee and
internally displaced children with disabilities are vulnerable to multiple forms of
discrimination, particularly refugee and internally displaced girls with disabilities, who are
more often than boys subject to abuse, including sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation. The
Committee strongly emphasizes that refugee and internally displaced children with
disabilities should be given high priority for special assistance, including preventative
assistance, access to adequate health and social services, including psychosocial recovery and
social reintegration. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) has made children a policy priority and adopted several documents to guide its
work in that area, including the Guidelines on Refugee Children in 1988, which are
incorporated into UNHCR Policy on Refugee Children. The Committee also recommends
that States parties take into account the Committee’s general comment No. 6 (2005) on the
treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside of their country of origin.
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All appropriate and necessary measures undertaken to protect and promote the rights
of children with disabilities must include and pay special attention to the particular
vulnerability and needs of children belonging to minorities and indigenous children who are
more likely to be already marginalized within their communities. Programmes and policies
must always be culturally and ethnically sensitive.
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