The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict (CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba, completed a 2-day mission to Ukraine during which she engaged with the Government to discuss the impact of the conflict on children including how to enhance the protection of children in Ukraine and prevent grave violations. The visit [...]
The press release was originally published on UNICEF's Website The Government of Iraq through its designated entity, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA), and the United Nations, signed today an action plan to prevent the recruitment and use of children by the Population Mobilization Forces (PMF). The Action Plan signed today commits [...]
PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Statement by Ms. Virginia Gamba, SRSG-CAAC Briefing of the United Nations Security Council Children and Armed Conflict: Prevention of Grave Violations 13 February 2023 Madam Chair, Excellencies, Thank you for organizing this timely briefing on preventing violations against children in armed conflict. With 25 situations currently monitored through the [...]
Under Malta’s Presidency of the UN Security Council a Briefing on Children and Armed Conflict under the theme: Prevention of Grave Violations will take place on Monday 13 February 2023 at 10am EST Click for more information in the attached concept note The meeting will be broadcasted live, click on the link to watch: [...]
"The protection of children is a topic of universal resonance for all of us," highlighted the Director-General of UN Office in Geneva, Michael Møller, as he kick started Geneva Peace Week 2018 with the event Building Peace: Protecting Children in Conflict on 4 November 2018. "This type of event is exactly why we started Geneva Peace Week, here in [...]
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict presents her annual report to the UN General Assembly New York – Efforts to prevent grave violations against boys and girls affected by conflict must go hand in hand with our work to protect them, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict said as [...]
Dee Brillenburg-Wurth talks about the protection of children to members of an armed group in eastern DR Congo. Copyrights: MONUSCO
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a new child protection unit in the Afghan National Police recruitment centre in Jalalabad. ©UNAMA
As part of the national sensitization campaign on child soldiers launched by the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), a young artist from Goma, David Dube, composed a song to support the campaign “Children not soldiers”. " Children are our future, we need to give them the chance to go to [...]
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 [...]
