Sixth Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan Despite substantial progress in ending the recruitment and use of children by parties to conflict, including Government forces, boys and girls in the Sudan continued to endure the dramatic effects of conflict-related violence, highlighted the sixth report of the Secretary-General on Children [...]
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), Virginia Gamba, welcomed the effective implementation of ceasefires by parties to conflict following the global call for peace made by the UN Secretary-General on 23 March 2020, in which he emphasized the need “to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on [...]
Please check against delivery Your Excellency Mr. Philippe Goffin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Kingdom of Belgium, Your Excellency Ambassador Magnus Lennartsson, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Sweden, Distinguished members of the panel, Excellencies, ladies in gentlemen, I am delighted to be here today to present and launch the “Practical guidance for mediators to [...]
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Permanent Missions of Belgium and Sweden to the United Nations, have the honor to invite you to a High-level event to launch the “Practical guidance for mediators to protect children in situations of armed conflict” This event will take place on the [...]
The implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace between the Colombian Government and the FARC-EP which contained important child protection provisions contributed to a significant decrease in violations against children, highlighted the fourth report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) in Colombia. Covering [...]
Brussels/New York – The importance of including the protection of children into peace negotiation and mediation efforts is at the heart of a high-level consultation with renowned diplomats and senior officials in Brussels this week. The consultation is conducted in collaboration with the European Institute of Peace and through the generous support of the Government [...]
JOINT COMMUNIQUE Colombia: The Government and the United Nations Cooperate to Build Upon Lessons Learned and Good Practices from Across the World in Relation to Recruitment Prevention and Protection of Children in Armed Conflict. Bogota, Colombia – Participants at an event held in Bogota this week called for continued and strengthened collaboration on the prevention [...]
The implementation of the child protection measures included in the Colombian Peace Agreement between the Government and the FARC-EP is encouraging and lessons can be drawn from that process said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, following a two-day visit in Colombia where she met Government [...]
Children at school in Narino, Colombia. Photo: UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne
A naked child holds a broom inside the doorway of his home in Moravia, a poor neighbourhood in Medellín, Colombia. © UNICEF/UNI74421/Markis
