New trends of armed conflict make children more vulnerable: UN report
![Leila Zerrougui, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict addressing the Security Council. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/553399-SC-AM-17_06_2013-11.10.52.jpg "SC debate on Children in Armed Conflict")
The changing nature of conflict is making children more vulnerable, according to a new report by the UN Secretary-General on armed conflict. The report, covering the period from…
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17 Jun 2013 / Listen /UN expert on children and armed conflict presents latest report to Security Council
![Associate Vice President at Save the Children Gregory Ramm (right) and the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Yoka Brandt (left) at the Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/553402-SC-AM-17_06_2013-11.11.12.jpg "SC debate on Children in Armed Conflict")
From Syria to Mali to the Central African Republic, children continue to pay a heavy toll in conflict, a…
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