Statement of Ms. Leila Zerrougui, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Open Debate of the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict 18 June 2015 Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would first like to take this opportunity to thank the Foreign Minister of Malaysia for organising this debate on children and armed conflict. [...]
New York - Mass abductions of children and other civilians have become increasingly prevalent in many of the 23 conflict situations of 2014 that are highlighted in the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, released today. “Abductions have emerged as a rising and alarming trend that are being used in many [...]
New York - Mass abductions of children and other civilians have become increasingly prevalent in many of the 23 conflict situations of 2014 that are highlighted in the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, released today. “Abductions have emerged as a rising and alarming trend that are being used in many [...]
Statement delivered in French (English translation in the video below) Allocution de la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général sur les enfants et les conflits armés au débat public du Conseil de sécurité 25 mars 2015 Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Secrétaire général, Distingués membres du Conseil, Permettez-moi tout d’abord de remercier la France pour l’organisation [...]
Allocution de la Représentante spéciale du Secrétaire général pour les enfants et les conflits armés 28e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme Genève, le 11 mars 2015 Check against delivery Monsieur le Président, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, C’est un privilège et un honneur d’être ici aujourd’hui, pour vous présenter mon rapport qui couvre [...]
Geneva – The year 2014 was marked by a multiplication of conflicts and made children even more vulnerable to the effects of war, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, told the Human Rights Council earlier today, as she presented her Annual Report covering the period from December 2013 [...]
