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Sudan: Peace Process Presents Opportunity to Better Protect Children as Grave Violations Continue

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 [...]

2021-03-17T06:29:44-04:00Wednesday, 22 July 2020|

Ceasefires Present Opportunities to Better Protect Children in Armed Conflict

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 [...]

2020-04-13T16:40:14-04:00Monday, 13 April 2020|

Statement of SRSG Virginia Gamba at high-level event to launch the Practical guidance for mediators

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 [...]

2020-02-17T16:49:20-05:00Friday, 14 February 2020|

High level event – Launch of the Practical guidance for mediators to protect children in situations of armed conflict

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 [...]

2021-03-17T07:12:55-04:00Tuesday, 4 February 2020|

Colombia: Inclusion of Child Protection Provisions in Peace Process Contributed to Decrease in Violations Against Children

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 [...]

2021-03-17T07:20:51-04:00Monday, 27 January 2020|

Inclusion of Child Protection Issues in Peace Negotiation Discussed in Brussels

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 [...]

2021-07-08T08:13:20-04:00Friday, 18 October 2019|

Colombia: Government and United Nations Cooperate on Recruitment Prevention and Protection of Children in Armed Conflict.

  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 [...]

2018-12-17T12:04:34-05:00Friday, 4 May 2018|

Colombia: Reintegration of released children should be everyone’s priority

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 [...]

2018-12-17T12:05:14-05:00Monday, 27 November 2017|
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