A/HRC/RES/27/14 4. Calls upon States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to take action at all levels to address the interlinked root causes of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, such as poverty, malnutrition, harmful practices, violence, stigma and discrimination, unsafe households and environments, lack of safe drinking water and sanitation, lack of accessible, affordable, quality and appropriate health care, services, medicines and vaccinations, late detection of childhood illnesses and low levels and quality of education; 5. Calls upon States to strengthen their international commitment, cooperation and mutual assistance with the objective of reducing and eliminating preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, including through the sharing of good practices, research, policies, monitoring and capacity-building; 6. Calls upon all relevant United Nations agencies to provide technical cooperation and assistance to States, as requested, to support the application of the technical guidance, including through the development and dissemination of tools for its operationalization at all relevant stages of national planning and action cycles for child health and survival; 7. Reaffirms that the Human Rights Council should promote the effective coordination and mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system; 8. Encourages the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization, to bring the technical guidance to the attention of the Secretary-General and all United Nations entities with mandates relevant to preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, and to continue dialogue on the issue of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age with all relevant actors and in that regard; 9. Encourages further consideration of preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age in the post-2015 development agenda; 10. Requests the High Commissioner, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization and in consultation with States, relevant United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, as well as the special procedures mandate holders, human rights mechanisms, regional organizations and civil society, to prepare a report on the practical application of the technical guidance and its impact on the development and implementation of policies and programmes in States to reduce preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-third session; 11. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 39th meeting 25 September 2014 [Adopted without a vote.] 3

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