We cordially invite you to attend the high-level virtual event to mark The International Day to Protect Education From Attack September 9, 2021 8:30am to 10:30am (ET) Link to view: https://sep9.educationaboveall.org Please RSVP to: eventspmun@mofa.gov.qa Details: High-Level Virtual Event titled -Protect Education for Sustainable Peace- Thursday 9 September 2021 at 830am
French version below The Platform, a coalition of armed movements signatory of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, signed Action Plans with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children as well as other grave violations against children in armed conflict. The Platform, including affiliated groups, is listed [...]
Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid Press Statement: For Immediate Release With alarming reports of human rights violations against civilians in Afghanistan, the two UN Officials call on the Taliban [...]
UN has verified and reported 266,000 cases of grave rights violations against children in conflict zones since 2005 “Twenty-five years ago, Graça Machel released her report to the United Nations, ‘The impact of war on children’, which urged the international community to take concrete action to protect children from the scourge of war and called [...]
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to the General Assembly As the mandate on children and armed conflict marks its 25th anniversary, it is more urgent than ever to put the protection of conflict-affected children at the heart of the international agenda and, in particular, the [...]
Statement by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict on World Humanitarian Day 2021 “As humanitarian crisis are unfolding in places like Myanmar and Afghanistan increasing the already dire needs of children trying to escape violence, parties have a responsibility to allow the safe, timely and unimpeded access to humanitarian [...]
Fifth Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan The fifth report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan is being released against a backdrop of the collapsing security and political situation in Afghanistan in which hundreds of children have been killed or maimed in recent weeks and [...]
The recording of the Virtual open meeting of the Friends of Reintegration/Launch of the briefing papers which took place on Thursday, 15 July 2021, will be available here shortly.
as delivered Madame President, Excellencies, I thank the Government of Estonia for convening today’s Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. Conflict devastates societies and hits children particularly hard. The start of 2021 has been no exception and, although monitoring of violations against children committed during 2021 will not be reported until my report of [...]
The high-level open debate on Children and Armed Conflict under the Presidency of Estonia will take place on Monday 28 June via video conference at 8.00 AM (NYC time). The open debate will consider the findings of the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (A/75/873-S/2021/43). It will also be an opportunity [...]
