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South Sudan: United Nations Officials condemn targeted and widespread sexual violence and call for the immediate cessation of the attacks against civilians

United Nations Officials condemn targeted and widespread sexual violence in South Sudan and call for the immediate cessation of the attacks against civilians Press Statement: For Immediate Release (New York, 11 May 2018) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children [...]

2021-07-08T10:53:10-04:00Friday, 11 May 2018|

Hidden Victims: Sexual Violence Against Boys and Men in Conflict

“Sexual violence against boys and men in situations of armed conflict and displacement is a critical problem. It hasn’t been given the attention it deserves by the international community up to now, making this initiative even more important,” said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC), Ms. Virginia Gamba in [...]

2021-07-08T10:58:43-04:00Tuesday, 19 December 2017|

Mali: CMA Coalition Signs Action Plan to End and Prevent Recruitment and Use and Sexual Violence Against Children in Conflict

French version below New York – The Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad (CMA), a coalition of armed movements signatory of the Algiers Peace Accord, which includes the listed Mouvement National de Libération de l’Azawad (MNLA), signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment and use, sexual violence and all [...]

2021-07-12T07:09:46-04:00Friday, 17 March 2017|

First International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

Statement by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict 21 June 2016 Event commemorating the first International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict United Nations, New York Please check against delivery A year ago, we celebrated the establishment of an international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict. I [...]

2021-07-12T12:16:07-04:00Wednesday, 22 June 2016|

Central African Republic: Statement attributable to Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

New York –I am outraged and profoundly saddened by the new allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by international peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic. My heart breaks further as the majority of victims appear to be children. Girls and boys were allegedly subjected to depraved acts of sexual violence committed by troops present [...]

2018-12-14T11:47:04-05:00Friday, 1 April 2016|

DR Congo: Statement by Leila Zerrougui on the Publication of Report on Recruitment of Girls by Armed Groups

The report “Invisible Survivors: Girls in Armed Groups in Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2009 to 2015”, published this week by the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on the recruitment of girls by armed groups in the country highlights the violence girls are confronted with as well as the [...]

2018-11-08T15:53:26-05:00Friday, 27 November 2015|

Statement of Leila Zerrougui SRSG on Children and Armed Conflict for the adoption of the resolution for an international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict

Statement of Leila Zerrougui Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict Side Event, UN General Assembly Hall 19 June 2015 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I congratulate you for the adoption of the resolution for an international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict. Allow me to also warmly [...]

2021-08-24T08:14:32-04:00Friday, 19 June 2015|

Lord’s Resistance Army – Press Conference with Grace Akallo

Despite the weakening and scattering of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), it continued to be one of the gravest violators of children’s rights and must be stopped, a top UN official said, as she introduced a United Nations report on the subject.

2018-11-12T17:04:58-05:00Wednesday, 6 June 2012|
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