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Increasing Collaboration to Break Cycles of Vulnerability and Better Protect Children in Armed Conflict
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict to the General Assembly The previous year was marked by persistently high levels of grave violations against boys and girls in [...]
Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict – Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba
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. [...]
Record Number of Children Killed and Maimed in 2018, Urgent to Put in Place Measures to Prevent Violations
Secretary-General Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict The year 2018 was marked by the highest levels of children killed or maimed in armed conflict since the United Nations started monitoring and reporting this grave [...]
More Than 100 Former Al-Shabaab Combatants Graduate From Baidoa Rehabilitation Centre
Original story published by UNSOM One hundred twenty-six former Al-Shabaab combatants today graduated from the Baidoa Rehabilitation Centre in Somalia’s South West State after completing an intensive rehabilitation programme. The programme graduates, comprising youths from [...]
[EN/FR] Mali: Return to Peace and Stability Is Key to Preventing Grave Violations Against Children – SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
Mali: Return to Peace and Stability Is Key to Preventing Grave Violations Against Children – SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, [...]
[EN/FR] Mali: Launch of the campaign “ACT to Protect Children Affected by Conflict”
Mali: Launch of the campaign "ACT to Protect Children Affected by Conflict" Le français suit The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, launched today the campaign ACT to Protect [...]
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