UN Special Representative welcomes Sudan’s signing of action plan to end use of child soldiers
Leila Zerrougui witnessed the signature of the Action Plan. ©UN
Sudan Signs Action Plan to Protect Children from Violations in Armed Conflict
Khartoum, Sudan– In an important milestone for the protection of children in Sudan, the Government signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to prevent the recruitment and use of children by Sudan Government Security Forces. The United Nations welcomes the Government’s commitment to protect children from violations in armed conflict. “We will work to [...]
UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Travels to Sudan to Witness Signature of Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children by National Security Forces
Who: Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed conflict What: Mission to Sudan When: 26-30 March 2016 Where: Khartoum, Darfur and field locations New York – Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, will travel to Sudan from 26 to 30 March to assess the [...]
Two Years of ‘Children, Not Soldiers’ Campaign Bring Tangible Progress in Afghanistan
On 16 February, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and the Political Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hikmat Karzai, held a joint press conference in Kabul. ©UNAMA / Fardin Waezi
Afghanistan: Child Protection Units Keeping Children Away from National Security Forces
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a new child protection unit in the Afghan National Police recruitment centre in Jalalabad. ©UNAMA
Afghanistan Reiterates Commitment to end recruitment of children in security forces
In Herat, Leila Zerrougui visited a child protection unit located in the National Police (ANP) recruitment centre. She heard about its positive impact to prevent underage recruitment. There are currently 6 child protection units in Afghanistan. The Special Representative called for support to set up such units within ANP recruitment centres across the country’s 34 provinces. ©United Nations
Afghanistan Reiterates Commitment to End Recruitment and Use of Children in National Security Forces
In Kabul, the Special Representative met with high-level officials of the Afghan Government, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani. ©United Nations
Children, Not Soldiers: Yemen Signs Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Forces
Yemen Signs Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children
A Decade of Action Plans to Protect Children Affected by Armed Conflict
Ten years ago, on 22 April 2004, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1539, which called on all parties listed for recruitment and use of children in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict to “prepare […] concrete, time-bound action plans to halt recruitment and use of children […], in close [...]