20th Anniversary Commemoration – Participants – Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

On February 8th, top officials from the United Nations and the international community commemorated two decades of efforts to protect children from the scourge of war by marking the 20th anniversary of General Assembly resolution 51/77 (1997) on the promotion and protection of the rights of children.

In an informal meeting of the 193-member Assembly in New York, the UN body’s President, Peter Thomson, called the resolution “a landmark development in our global efforts to improve the protection of children in conflict situations.”

Watch or read the statements delivered by participants at the event:

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly

Remarks by H.E. Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, on behalf of the Secretary-General

Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Olof Skoog, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations and Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

Remarks by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Remarks by Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs

Remarks by Mr. El Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

Remarks by Mr. Forest Whitaker, Artist, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation and SDG Advocate at the Commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the mandate on children and armed conflict

Please click on the Member States or organisations’ name to read their statement:

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