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[EN, AR, FR] USG Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Concludes First Official Visit to Lebanon

Arabic and French follow Under-Secretary-General Vanessa Frazier, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), completed an official two-day visit to Lebanon. This visit marked a significant step in advancing engagement on the children and armed conflict agenda in the country. During her visit, she met with the Minister of Social [...]

2026-02-25T06:43:49-05:00Monday, 23 February 2026|

Growing Number of States Join International Instruments and Commitments to Protect Conflict-Affected Children

21st Anniversary of OPAC – 25 May 2021 A growing number of States have pledged to end and prevent grave violations against children in armed conflict and became parties to international instruments and commitments to protect them in the last 12 months, highlights the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia [...]

2021-05-25T08:35:17-04:00Tuesday, 25 May 2021|

International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers: Joint statement by EU High Representative Josep Borrell & SRSG for Children & Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba

“Despite global commitments and efforts, children around the world continue to suffer from the consequences of conflicts and are still being used as expendable fuel of war. “Armed forces and armed groups continue to recruit and use children, tearing them away from their families and communities, cruelly stripping away their dignity and destroying their lives [...]

2021-02-11T09:59:57-05:00Thursday, 11 February 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|

The Gambia: UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomes OPAC Ratification

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, congratulates the government of The Gambia for the ratification today of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). The signing ceremony took place on the margins of [...]

2019-09-27T12:31:54-04:00Friday, 27 September 2019|

UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomes Myanmar’s Ratification of OPAC

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, congratulates the Government of Myanmar for ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). Myanmar’s Union Minister for International Cooperation, His Excellency Mr.U Kyaw Tin, deposited [...]

2019-09-27T12:25:17-04:00Friday, 27 September 2019|

South Sudan: UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomes Accession to OPAC

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, congratulates the government of South Sudan for its accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). South Sudan’s Ambassadors Kureng Garang and Agnes Oswaha deposited the [...]

2018-09-27T12:39:04-04:00Thursday, 27 September 2018|

CAR: SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict Welcomes Signing of Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, congratulates the government of the Central African Republic for the ratification today of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. The signing ceremony took place at the United [...]

2021-07-12T07:03:43-04:00Thursday, 21 September 2017|

UN experts urge final push for universal ratification of Optional Protocols to Convention on the Rights of the Child

Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child New York/Geneva –Universal ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the [...]

2021-07-12T12:17:16-04:00Wednesday, 25 May 2016|

UN experts call for the universal ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Joint statement on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict New York/Geneva, 22 May 2015 – On Monday, 25th May, the [...]

2021-08-24T08:22:07-04:00Friday, 22 May 2015|
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