Minister, Mrs. Vindhya Persaud, Minister of Human Services and Social Security of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Ms. President, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Excellencies, Ms. Sheema Sen Gupta, UNICEF’s Director of Child Protection Unit, Ms. Sila, who will speak about her experience of a child affected by conflict, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank Guyana for convening [...]
Please check against delivery Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict Presentation of the Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (A/76/871-S/2022/493) Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank His Excellency, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães, for convening this debate on the Secretary-General’s Annual Report [...]
as delivered Madame President, Excellencies, I thank the Government of Estonia for convening today’s Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. Conflict devastates societies and hits children particularly hard. The start of 2021 has been no exception and, although monitoring of violations against children committed during 2021 will not be reported until my report of [...]
Please check against delivery Security Council Open Debate Children and Armed Conflict: Attacks against Schools as a Grave Violation of Children’s Rights Remarks by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict 10 September 2020 Mr. President, Excellence Ambassadeur Abdou Abarry, Excellencies, I thank Niger for convening this open debate [...]
Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to begin my speech by thanking the French Government for having organized this meeting of the United Nations Security Council. I also thank the Security Council for giving me the opportunity to represent Civil Society Organizations, especially children. Thank you also to the Special Representative of [...]
Please check against delivery Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed ConflictVirtual Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict 23 June 2020 Monsieur le Président, Mesdames, Messieurs les membres du Conseil de sécurité, Mme la Directrice exécutive de l'UNICEF, Chère Mariam, Excellences et chers collègues, Au nom [...]
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. It is vitally important that we take this opportunity to come together and focus on the current plight of children [...]
Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict “Protecting Children Today Prevents Conflict Tomorrow” 9 July 2018 Please check against delivery Prime Minister Löfven, Excellencies, Executive Director Henrietta Fore Civil society briefer Yenny Londoño Members of the Security Council Ladies and [...]
31 October 2017 Je souhaiterais tout d’abord remercier le Ministre des affaires étrangères de la France, Son Excellence Jean-Yves Le Drian, pour l’organisation de ce débat d’une importance vitale autour de la question des enfants et les conflits armés. Le rapport dont vous êtes saisis aujourd’hui indique qu'en 2016, les enfants ont continué d’être affectés [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Leila Zerrougui, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, speak before the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict. Photo: UN
