Each ILO Member State that ratifies the Worst forms of Child Labour Convention, No. 182 (1999), shall take immediate and effective measures to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour as a matter of urgency. For the purposes of this Convention, the term child shall apply to all persons under the age of 18 and the term the worst forms of child labour comprises: (1) all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; (2) the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances; (3) the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties; (4) Work that, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. Each Member State shall establish or designate appropriate mechanisms to monitor the implementation of the provisions giving effect to this Convention, and shall design and implement programmes of action to eliminate as a priority the worst forms of child labour. Such programmes of action shall be designed and implemented in consultation with relevant government institutions and employers and workers organizations, taking into consideration the views of other concerned groups as appropriate. Each Member State shall, taking into account the importance of education in eliminating child labour, take effective and time-bound measures to: (1) prevent the engagement of children in the worst forms of child labour; (2) provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance for the removal of children from the worst forms of child labour and for their rehabilitation and social integration; (3) ensure access to free basic education, and, wherever possible and appropriate, vocational training, for all children removed from the worst forms of child labour; (4) identify and reach out to children at special risk; and (5) Take account of the special situation of girls. Finally, Member States shall take appropriate steps to assist one another in giving effect to the provisions of this Convention through enhanced international cooperation and/or assistance including support for social and economic development, poverty eradication programmes and universal education. See: Child; Child labour; Childcare; Minimum Age; Minor; Trafficking