5. We have come together to:

* reiterate the importance and the call for more effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by State parties and related instruments, and underline our belief in the rights of children to be protected from commercial sexual exploitation in the form of child prostitution, child pornography and trafficking of children for sexual purposes;

* encourage early ratification of the relevant international instruments, in particular, ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography;

* reaffirm our commitment to build a culture of respect for all persons based upon the principles of non-discrimination and to eliminate commercial sexual exploitation of children, in particular by sharing the lessons learnt since the First World Congress, and by improving cooperation in this regard;

* recommit to the Declaration and Agenda for Action of the First World Congress (“Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action”), and in particular to developing national agendas, strategies or plans of action, designated focal points and comprehensive gender-disaggregated data collection, and effective implementation of measures, including child-rights based laws and law enforcement;

* reinforce our efforts against commercial sexual exploitation of children, in particular by addressing the root causes that puts children at risk of exploitation, such as poverty, inequality, discrimination, persecution, violence, armed conflicts, HIV/AIDS, dysfunctional families, the demand factor, criminality, and violations of the rights of the child, through comprehensive measures, including improved educational access for children, especially girls, anti-poverty programs, social support measures, public awareness-raising, physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of child victims, and action to criminalize the commercial sexual exploitation of children in all its forms and in accordance with the relevant international instruments, while not criminalizing or penalizing the child victims;

* emphasize that the way forward is to promote closer networking among key actors to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children at international, inter-regional, regional/sub-regional, bilateral, national and local levels, in particular, among communities and the judicial immigration and police authorities, as well as through initiatives interlinking the young people themselves;

* ensure adequate resources allocation to counter commercial sexual exploitation of children, and to promote education and information to protect children from sexual exploitation, including educational and training programs on the rights of the child addressed to children, parents, law enforcers, service providers and other key actors;

* reiterate that an essential way of sustaining global action is through regional/sub-regional and national agendas, strategies or plans of action that build on regional/sub-regional and national monitoring mechanisms and through strengthening and reviewing existing international mechanisms with a monitoring process, to improve their effectiveness as well as the follow-up of their recommendations, and to identify any reforms that may be required;

* take adequate measures to address negative aspects of new technologies, in particular, child pornography on the internet, while recognizing the potential of new technologies for the protection of children from commercial sexual exploitation, through dissemination and exchange of information and networking among partners;

* commit ourselves to promoting cooperation at all levels and to combining efforts to eliminate all forms of sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children worldwide;

* declare that the sexual exploitation of children must not be tolerated and pledge to act accordingly.