Children in Somalia have continued to bear the brunt of conflict and endured alarming levels of grave violations despite tangible efforts by the Federal Government of Somalia, a new report of the Secretary-General on Children in Somalia shows. A total of 8,493 grave violations against 6,801 children were verified between October 2021 and September 2024. [...]
New York, 1 December 2025 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mrs Vanessa Frazier, stressed the key collaboration between her Office and the African Union on ending and preventing grave violations against children across the continent. During her first official trip since her appointment in October, the Special [...]
Over two and a half years of relentless fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has set off the world’s most devastating humanitarian and protection crises, with children at the center. With the brutal takeover of El Fasher on 26 October after over a 500-day inhumane siege and [...]
PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Statement by Dr Najat Maalla M’jid, Acting SRSG-CAAC, Third Committee of the General Assembly, Discussion of the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, I address you today as ad interim SRSG CAAC since 1st August, to present the report A/80/266 regarding children and armed [...]
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to the General Assembly Grave violations against children have reached shocking levels in 2024, a new report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to the General Assembly shows. The report, which covers the [...]
Child-Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Reintegration Programmes Reintegration programmes for children formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups are critical elements of building and sustaining peace in conflict and post-conflict situations, contributing to security, stability and social cohesion, and supporting transitions from military to civilian life. Reintegration programmes play a central role in mitigating the [...]
The ongoing fragile political and security context in South Sudan, with limited progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, has rendered children more vulnerable to grave violations, with an increase in verified incidents, a new report of the Secretary-General on children [...]
Minister, Mrs. Vindhya Persaud, Minister of Human Services and Social Security of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Ms. President, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Excellencies, Ms. Sheema Sen Gupta, UNICEF’s Director of Child Protection Unit, Ms. Sila, who will speak about her experience of a child affected by conflict, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank Guyana for convening [...]
Report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict Armed conflict inflicted excruciating levels of violence on children in 2024, according to a new report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict published today. With 41,370 incidents, the highest number of grave violations against children in armed conflict since the inception of the [...]
Launch of a New Guidance Note on the Denial of Humanitarian Access to Children in the Framework of the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda With a view to support the monitoring and reporting on the denial of humanitarian access against children, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed [...]
