New York, 28 September 2022 – Children in conflict-affected areas in the Sudan continue to be affected by grave violations within an unstable political environment and worsening humanitarian situation, highlighted the seventh report of the UN Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in the Sudan. The United Nations verified 520 grave violations against 445 [...]
Joint press release by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten Press Release: For Immediate Release (New York, 05 August 2021) The Special Representatives for Children and Armed Conflict and on Sexual Violence in Conflict [...]
Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict The year 2020 has been particularly somber for conflict-affected children with more than 19,300* boys and girls directly suffering one or more grave violations against them, highlights the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), covering the year 2020. The overall [...]
Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Najat Maalla M’jid Press Statement: For Immediate Release The three United Nations (UN) High-Level Officials [...]
New York, 24 November 2020: Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, welcome yesterday’s conviction by the Cour Militaire Opérationnelle of North Kivu of Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka of the Nduma Defence of Congo armed group (NDC-Sheka) for war [...]
Please check against delivery His Excellency Chargé d'Affaires of Argentina to the United Nations, Señor Ministro Alejandro Verdier, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, Colleagues from the field, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor for me to commemorate with you the 2020 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual [...]
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, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict His Excellency, Deputy Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations, Minister Alejandro Verdier Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual violence in conflict and Under-Secretary General Ms. Pramila Patten Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour to be here today to commemorate the [...]
South Sudan: UN Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Children and Armed Conflict and Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide urge the Government of South Sudan to ensure accountability for sexual violence against women and girls in Bentiu For Immediate Release New York, 3 December - UN Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in [...]
Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and the first Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The decision [...]
