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YEMEN: ‘Children urgently need our protection,’ warns UN child rights envoy as casualties mount in Yemen
7 Apr 2015 News
Over the past week alone, 62 children were killed and 30 others injured.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Major Setbacks for the Protection of Children
8 Jan 2015 News
[30 December 2014] - The conflict that started a year ago in South Sudan has brought about major setbacks for the...
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SOMALIA: UN calls on the Federal Government to end and prevent recruitment and use as well as the killing and maiming of children
27 Aug 2014 News
[22 August 2014] - Concluding her four-day visit to Somalia and two days in Nairobi, the Special Representative of the UN...
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ISREAL-OPT: No Safe Place for the Children Of Gaza
6 Aug 2014 News
[30 July 2014] - Statement by Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed...
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN unveils global campaign to end use of child soldiers in Government forces by 2016
18 Mar 2014 News
The United Nations today launched a new initiative to end the recruitment and use of children in Government forces in conflict by 2016, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing that children should be armed with pens and textbooks, not guns.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Security Council sets out steps to combat violations against children in armed conflict
18 Mar 2014 News
The Security Council today unanimously adopted a resolution setting out practical steps to combat violations against children in armed conflict, as United Nations officials underscored the need to do more to ensure that children are protected and perpetrators are brought to justice.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Charles Taylor’s Conviction Upheld
3 Oct 2013 News
Summary: Charles Taylor’s Conviction Upheld: A Message That Recruiters Of Child Soldiers Will Be Held Accountable....
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ARMED CONFLICT: UN Expert Calls for More Action to Protect Children
11 Sep 2013 News
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ARMED CONFLICT: Explosive weapons: A threat to children
20 Mar 2013 News
Summary: Tens of thousands of civilians are killed and injured every year by the use of explosive weapons in populated...
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DRC: SRSG Zerrougui calls for immediate transfer of Congolese warlord Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court
20 Mar 2013 News
Summary: Bosco Ntaganda, the fugitive Congolese warlord responsible for grave child rights violations surrendered...
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