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“Every Child in Africa Deserves to be Protected from Conflict” – Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Completed First Overseas Tour in Addis Ababa

New York, 1 December 2025 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mrs Vanessa Frazier, stressed the key collaboration between her Office and the African Union on ending and preventing grave violations against children across the continent. During her first official trip since her appointment in October, the Special [...]

2025-12-01T15:35:21-05:00Monday, 1 December 2025|

Joint Statement by AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security and SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict on the Day of the African Child 

On the occasion of the Day of the African Child, the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict unite their voices to call for the increased protection of children, especially those affected by conflict, to prevent and end grave violations [...]

2022-06-21T15:54:49-04:00Tuesday, 21 June 2022|

Joint Statement by AU Department for Political Affairs, Peace & Security & Office of SRSG CAAC on the Day of the African Child

New York/Addis Ababa, 16 June 2021 – There is pressing need to protect all children, especially those living amidst hostilities, end violations of their rights and foster their well-being and development, highlight the African Union Commission’s Department for Political Affairs, Peace and Security and the Office of the United Nations Special Representative for Children and [...]

2021-06-17T13:51:35-04:00Thursday, 17 June 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|
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