An appeal to end the suffering in Syria
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Statement by Leila Zerrougui at the Security Council Monthly meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria in November 2015
Statement by Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Briefing to the Security Council Monthly meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria 16 November 2015 Please check against delivery Permettez-moi tout d’abord de présenter mes condoléances au Représentant permanent de la France et au peuple français, ainsi qu’à toutes [...]
Syria: Conflict Takes Unacceptable Toll on Lives of Children
New York – Five years of intensifying hostilities and violence in Syria have taken an unacceptable toll on the lives of boys and girls, said Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict during a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation of children in Syria. During her [...]
Leila Zerrougui on the 4th year of conflict in Syria
As the conflict in Syria enters its fifth year, the country’s children continue to suffer the harsh consequences of a war that becomes more brutal every day. The lives of millions of children have been disrupted by this war. They have been forced to abandon everything, fleeing sometimes with their families, sometimes alone, replacing the [...]
What Does It Take To End The Crisis And End The Suffering in Syria?
Syrian refugee children walking on a street in the Za’atari camp in northern Jordan. Photo: UNICEF/Simon Ingram
As Syria Conflict Enters a Fifth Year, What Does it Take to End the Crisis and End the Suffering
Joint statement by Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General, UNRWA Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the [...]
“Syria has Become One of the Most Dangerous Places to be a Child”
Statement by Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Geneva - “After three years of conflict, Syria has become one of the most dangerous places to be a child. I visited Syria twice since the outbreak of the conflict. I have met the families of some of the 10,000 children that [...]
Statement by SRSG Leila Zerrougui on the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Syria
New York - Today, I introduced the first report of the Secretary-General on the situation of children in Syria to the Security Council Working Group on children and armed conflict. The report concludes that the suffering endured by the children of Syria is not only unspeakable, it is unacceptable. Over 10,000 children have died as a [...]
