"CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS"

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait said that the number of children and youth in armed conflict, has increased from 75 million to 222 million “over the past four or five years only.” UNIFEED

The ongoing war in Ukraine has marred the start of a new school year for Ukraine’s four million schoolchildren, stated UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell as she concluded a three-day visit across the country. UNICEF

Launching the Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) new Annual Results Report, Director Yasmine Sherif told journalists in New York that there are 78.2 million children in conflict affected areas “that don’t even go to school,” while another 190 million receive some education “but can’t read and write, they can’t do math.” UNIFEED

As she presented the annual report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “eight thousand children were either killed or maimed during 2021, making this the most prevalent of all grave violations.” UNIFEED

Recounting harrowing experience with armed group, briefer urges Security Council to enforce resolutions protecting children impacted by armed conflict.

Recounting harrowing experience with armed group, briefer urges Security Council to enforce resolutions protecting children impacted by armed conflict.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Informal comments to the media by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, and Eamon Gilmore, European Union Special Representative for Human Rights and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia, on transitional justice in Colombia, before the start of the Security Council Arria-Formula meeting.

Presenting the latest edition of the annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “despite some progress, children have continued to suffer the consequences of man-made conflict in 2021.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.