; Whereas, in August 2017, the Government of the DRC issued a strategy on child labor in which it pledged to end child mining by 2025; and Whereas countries and companies that utilize cobalt have a responsibility to work with the Government of the DRC and actors in their supply chains to support actions to raise awareness, build enforcement capacity, and improve monitoring and remediation at the national, provincial, and local levels with the aim of enhancing the capacity of private and public sector entities to eliminate the worst forms of child mining by 2025 and preventing the extraction, supply, and trade of minerals from exploiting children or contributing to other human rights abuses: Now, therefore, be it