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“Every Child in Africa Deserves to be Protected from Conflict” – Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Completed First Overseas Tour in Addis Ababa

New York, 1 December 2025 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mrs Vanessa Frazier, stressed the key collaboration between her Office and the African Union on ending and preventing grave violations against children across the continent. During her first official trip since her appointment in October, the Special [...]

2025-12-01T15:35:21-05:00Monday, 1 December 2025|

Joint Statement by AU Department for Political Affairs, Peace & Security & Office of SRSG CAAC on the Day of the African Child

New York/Addis Ababa, 16 June 2021 – There is pressing need to protect all children, especially those living amidst hostilities, end violations of their rights and foster their well-being and development, highlight the African Union Commission’s Department for Political Affairs, Peace and Security and the Office of the United Nations Special Representative for Children and [...]

2021-06-17T13:51:35-04:00Thursday, 17 June 2021|

Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict: 20 Years After the Adoption of OPAC

Joint Statement by the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Today marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the involvement [...]

2020-05-25T08:28:58-04:00Monday, 25 May 2020|

African Union Summit: SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Calls for Increased Cooperation in Preventing Grave Violations Against Children

As the world is getting ready to mark the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers on February 12th, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, made a strong plea for increasing prevention efforts to better protect children from hostilities during the African Union Summit [...]

2020-02-11T12:21:00-05:00Tuesday, 11 February 2020|

Joint Statement by AU Peace & Security Department & Office of SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict on the Day of the African Child

On the Day of the African Child, held this year under the theme “Humanitarian Action in Africa: Children’s Rights First”, the African Union  Peace and Security Department, and the Office of the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), renew their commitment to  prevent and end grave violations against children and to strengthen [...]

2021-07-08T08:30:32-04:00Monday, 17 June 2019|

African Union-UN mission launches campaign in west Darfur against use of child soldiers

The African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Sector West Child Protection Unit (CPU) at Krinding (1) Camp for internally displaced persons in El-Geneina, west Darfur, distributed vests inscribed with messages that promote the protection of children as part of its campaign. Photo: Elsadig Daud/UNAMID

2021-07-12T12:19:48-04:00Tuesday, 10 May 2016|

Briefing at the Open Session of the African Union Peace and Security Council

Briefing at the Open Session of the African Union Peace and Security Council Addis Ababa 10 May 2016 Madame La Présidente, Membres du Conseil Excellences Messieurs le Commissaire à la Paix et à la Sécurité, le Commissaire aux Affaires Sociales, le Président du Comité des Experts, Madame l'Envoyée Spéciale de l'Union Africaine pour les femmes, la paix et la [...]

2018-11-08T14:52:01-05:00Tuesday, 10 May 2016|

The United Nations Working Together With the African Union To Protect Children in Armed Conflict

Joint Press Statement by the African Union, the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF 19 September, New York/ Addis Ababa – In an effort to better protect African children affected by armed conflict, the Peace and Security Department of the African Union Commission and the Office of the Special Representative for Children and [...]

2018-11-08T15:31:44-05:00Thursday, 19 September 2013|
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