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Invitation: The International Day to Protect Education From Attack

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

2021-09-09T16:26:26-04:00Friday, 3 September 2021|

[EN/FR] Mali: Platform Signs Action Plans to End and Prevent Recruitment and Use of Children and Other Grave Violations

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 [...]

2021-09-01T14:39:32-04:00Thursday, 2 September 2021|

Afghanistan: “Children Have Suffered Enough” – UN Officials Call to Uphold the Rights of Children, Including through Global Action

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 [...]

2021-08-31T11:26:44-04:00Tuesday, 31 August 2021|

Joint statement by UNICEF ED Henrietta Fore and SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba on the 25th anniversary of Graça Machel report on the impact of war on children

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 [...]

2021-08-26T10:41:39-04:00Thursday, 26 August 2021|

Protecting  Children in Armed Conflict Essential to Sustainable Peace, Must Remain a Priority as the Mandate Turns 25

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 [...]

2021-08-23T09:48:50-04:00Monday, 23 August 2021|

Life-Saving Humanitarian Assistance to Conflict-Affected Children Must be Prioritized in Unfolding Crisis

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 [...]

2021-08-19T09:56:17-04:00Thursday, 19 August 2021|

Afghanistan: Alarming Scale of Grave Violations Against Children as Current Security Situation Collapses, Country Facing the Unknown

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 [...]

2021-08-16T12:05:13-04:00Monday, 16 August 2021|

Secretary-General Remarks to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict

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 [...]

2021-06-28T08:25:10-04:00Monday, 28 June 2021|

UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

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 [...]

2021-06-25T11:02:31-04:00Friday, 25 June 2021|
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