Doha, Qatar/ New York, 10 September 2024 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, participated in the 5th observance of the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, held on September 9, 2024, in Doha, Qatar. The event, organized by Education Above All (EAA) under the leadership [...]
Children in north-east Nigeria continued to face heightened insecurity due to the presence of armed groups notably Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Bakura, which led to a significantly increase of grave violations compared with the previous reporting period, highlights a new report of the UN [...]
A rapid escalation of hostilities and widespread deterioration in the humanitarian situation led to a surge of grave violations against children, highlights the eighth report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict published today. The report documents that 2,168 grave violations against 1,913 children were verified between 1 January 2022 and 31 December [...]
New York, June 19, 2024 – On this International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, underscores the urgent need to address the pervasive and devastating impact of sexual violence on children in conflict zones worldwide. To mark this [...]
Annual Report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict New York, 11 June 2024 –In 2023, children living in conflict situations experienced violence in unbearable levels, shows a new report of the UN Secretary-General on children and armed conflict published today. Children have been recruited and used including at the frontlines, attacked in [...]
New York, June 3rd, 2024 – The opposition Syrian National Army (SNA), including Ahrar al-Sham and Army of Islam, and their aligned legions and factions, signed an action plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment and use and the killing and maiming of children as per Security Council Resolution 1539 (2004) [...]
The children of Iraq continue to face grave violations, but recent engagements between the Government of Iraq and the United Nations for the protection of children offer hope for a brighter tomorrow, highlights a new report of the UN Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Iraq released today. Among those engagements are notably the [...]
The rapid escalation of the situation in Haiti is having devastating impacts on children, challenging their right to safety, health, well-being, and a peaceful childhood. The unprecedented spike in armed gang violence is further forcing thousands of families, including children, to flee their homes in search of protection and life-saving relief. Half of the population [...]
Despite positive advancements, including progress on the implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace between the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), the resumption of peace negotiations with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) and dialogues with other [...]
Despite some progress and a noted decrease in grave violations against children, armed conflict continued in the Central African Republic. The vulnerability of Central African children to grave violations was exacerbated by retaliatory attacks against communities, including children for alleged support to opposing parties and the indiscriminate use of explosive ordnance by parties to [...]
