42. 在海外领土部长级联合理事会第六次会议上，联合王国和海外领土领导人讨论了他们继续在各领土推动尊重人权和履行国际义务的共同决心。在会上通过的公报中，他们欢迎各领土以建设性方式参与人权理事会这方面的普遍定期审议进程筹备工作。海外领土的领导人还重申，他们致力于确保以尽可能高的标准保护儿童、促进儿童福祉。在此次会议上，联合王国和海外领土讨论了在促进各领土机构间合作方面所取得的进展以及制定国家应对计划以确定政策优先事项的问题，注意到受近期飓风影响的这些领土所面临的特殊挑战，并一致认为儿童福祉应依然是恢复计划的重中之重，包括为此重建学校。此外，他们还欢迎根据一项促进各海外领土之间为保护儿童开展更有效合作的谅解备忘录而取得的进展。
42. At the sixth meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council, the United Kingdom and the leaders of the overseas territories discussed their shared resolve to continue to promote respect for human rights and compliance with international obligations in the territories. In the communiqué adopted at that meeting, they welcomed the constructive engagement of the territories in the preparations for the universal periodic review process of the Human Rights Council in that regard. The leaders of the overseas territories also reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring the highest possible standards for the protection of children and promotion of children’s welfare in the territories. At the meeting, the United Kingdom and the overseas territories discussed progress made in promoting inter-agency cooperation in the territories and the development of national response plans to define policy priorities, noted the particular challenges for those territories affected by the recent hurricanes and agreed that children’s welfare should remain a central priority for recovery plans, including through the reconstruction of schools. In addition, they welcomed progress made under a memorandum of understanding to promote more effective collaboration between the overseas territories for the safeguarding of children.