Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to begin my speech by thanking the French Government for having organized this meeting of the United Nations Security Council. I also thank the Security Council for giving me the opportunity to represent Civil Society Organizations, especially children. Thank you also to the Special Representative of [...]
Please check against delivery Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed ConflictVirtual Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict 23 June 2020 Monsieur le Président, Mesdames, Messieurs les membres du Conseil de sécurité, Mme la Directrice exécutive de l'UNICEF, Chère Mariam, Excellences et chers collègues, Au nom [...]
Please check against delivery His Excellency Chargé d'Affaires of Argentina to the United Nations, Señor Ministro Alejandro Verdier, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, Colleagues from the field, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor for me to commemorate with you the 2020 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual [...]
Read the Policy Brief on the Impact of COVID-19 on children As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, we are seeing an alarming pattern. The poorest and most vulnerable members of society are being hardest hit, both by the pandemic and the response. I am especially concerned about the well-being of the world’s children. [...]
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 [...]
