UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Machel Strategic Review

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Summary: The strategic review has been co-convened by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF.

[3 October 2007] - To mark the 10th anniversary of the United Nations report by Graça Machel, Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, the report of the Machel Strategic Review is to be formally presented to the UN General Assembly on 17 October 2007.

The strategic review, co-convened by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF, has been an inter-agency, multi-stakeholder initiative, with UN System bodies, NGOs and civil society involved in assessing progress and identifying gaps, taking into account the changing nature of conflicts and lessons learnt in the past decade.

In addition to the General Assembly presentation, a number of other events will take place to mark this occasion on the 17th, including the launch of the Machel Review Youth Report, Will you listen?: Young Voices from Conflict Zones. Plans for a second, more in-depth publication for mid-2008 are also being advanced.

The Machel 10 year strategic review will be presented as the second part of the Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (A/62/228), and is accessible here. The Machel Review Youth Report is available for viewing and endorsement here.

For further information on the review, contact Beth Verhey, Chief of the Machel Strategic Review, at verhey@un.org or Laurence Gerard at gerardl@un.org.

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