The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, completed a two-day visit to Ethiopia to enhance the protection of children in the context of the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities. SRSG Gamba stressed that the opportunity provided by the cessation of hostilities [...]
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, welcomes the League of Arab States' commitment to strengthening child protection in the Arab region. Addressing the 'Regional Conference on the Prevention of Grave Violations against Children in Armed Conflict', held in Doha, the State of Qatar, on 28 [...]
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict (CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, completed a 2-day mission to the Russian Federation during which she engaged with the Government to discuss the impact of the conflict on children including how to enhance the protection of children in Ukraine and prevent grave violations. [...]
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict (CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, completed a 2-day mission to Ukraine during which she engaged with the Government to discuss the impact of the conflict on children including how to enhance the protection of children in Ukraine and prevent grave violations. The visit [...]
Joint statement by the Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and on Violence against Children* Press Statement: For Immediate Release The rapid escalation of hostilities in Sudan has a dramatic impact on children, already highly affected by the country’s long-lasting and devastating conflicts and the dire humanitarian situation. The Special [...]
Scroll down for Portuguese version The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict (CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, completed a four-days visit to Mozambique, her first to the country in that capacity to enhance the protection of children in relation to the crisis in Cabo Delgado marked by brutal attacks by [...]
The press release was originally published on UNICEF's Website The Government of Iraq through its designated entity, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA), and the United Nations, signed today an action plan to prevent the recruitment and use of children by the Population Mobilization Forces (PMF). The Action Plan signed today commits [...]
Children in South Sudan remained highly vulnerable to grave violations, and despite some progress and an overall decrease in grave violations compared to the last reporting period, the continuing clashes between armed forces and armed groups, and escalating intercommunal violence left a dramatic toll on children, highlights a new Report of the UN Secretary-General on [...]
Press Statement: For Immediate Release The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child*, jointly call on Member States today to ensure a child rights-based approach when developing counter-terrorism and national security measures. Their joint [...]
Lessons learned can be drawn from the adaptability shown by child protection teams in their work as they adjusted to the restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the continuity in the implementation of the children and armed conflict mandate, highlights a follow-up study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on violations [...]
