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South Sudan: Children Share Stories of Sufferings with Security Council Working Group
by Francesca Mold, UNMISS James Korok is just nineteen-years-old but has already experienced a lifetime of pain, fighting as a child soldier in the war in South Sudan. Despite that, he is one of the [...]
Building Peace: Protecting Children in Conflict – Geneva Peace Week 2018
Building Peace: Protecting Children in Conflict 5 November 2018 Palais des Nations, Conference Room XVII This event highlighted that ending and preventing violations against children in armed conflict is not only a moral imperative [...]
Impunity Must End in South Sudan as Report Shows Children Suffering Persistent Grave Violations
New York, 15 October 2018 - The level of violence and brutality endured by children in South Sudan is dismaying said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, [...]
Nigeria: Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomes Release of 833 Children by Civilian Joint Task Force
New York – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, welcomes the release earlier today of 833 children by the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in North-East Nigeria. “This [...]
9 October 2018 – Presentation of Annual Report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee
Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Third Committee of the General Assembly Discussion of the Promotion and protection of the rights of children (item 70 (a)) [...]
Moving Towards an Era of Prevention for Children Affected by Armed Conflict
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict presents her annual report to the UN General Assembly New York – Efforts to prevent grave violations against boys and girls affected by conflict must go hand in [...]
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