The world as we know it is facing an unprecedented global crisis, one that compounds the suffering of the world’s already most vulnerable—especially those who live in armed conflict environments. The Secretary-General has made a plea for peace and called for a global cease-fire as the world is facing a common enemy called COVID-19. In [...]
Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly. Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world. The most vulnerable — women and children, people with disabilities, the marginalized and the displaced — pay the highest price. They are also at [...]
Please check against delivery Your Excellency Mr. Philippe Goffin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, Your Excellency Ambassador Magnus Lennartsson, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Sweden, Distinguished members of the panel, Excellencies, ladies in gentlemen, I am delighted to be here today to present and launch the “Practical guidance for mediators to [...]
REMARKS TO SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT: INTRODUCING PRACTICAL GUIDANCE ON THE INTEGRATION OF CHILD PROTECTION ISSUES IN PEACE PROCESSES [bilingual, as delivered] Sire, Majesté, Monsieur le Président Mesdames et messieurs les membres du Conseil, Monsieur Smaïl Chergui, Et Madame Jo Becker, En cette Journée internationale contre l’utilisation d’enfants soldats, je me [...]
Please check against delivery Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Concern for children’s rights and their protection has brought world leaders together in 1989 to make a historical commitment to children and adopt a common standard around which to rally. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is however much more than a human rights convention [...]
PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, SRSG-CAAC Third Committee of the General Assembly Discussion of the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children 8 October 2018 Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to once more address the Third Committee under the agenda item “Promotion and protection of [...]
Foreign Minister Czaputowicz, Excellencies, Executive Director Henrietta Fore, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I would like to thank the Republic of Poland, and Foreign Minister Czaputowicz personally, for holding this Open Debate. It is vitally important that we take this opportunity to come together and focus on the current plight of children [...]
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng, and Special Advisor on the Responsibility to Protect, Karen Smith, welcome the judgement delivered by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Bosco [...]
Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict His Excellency, Deputy Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, Minister Alejandro Verdier Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual violence in conflict and Under-Secretary General Ms. Pramila Patten Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour to be here today to commemorate the [...]
Briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the situation of children in Yemen Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict 15 April 2019 Check against delivery Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the President of the Council for the opportunity to [...]
