Security Council Requests Secretary-General to List Parties to Armed Conflict that Recruit or Use Children

Summary: Report of the Security Council's
4422nd and 4423rd Meeting, 20
November 2001 -
SC/7219. This information also
includes the full text of resolution
1379, unanimously adopted by the
Security Council.

Recognizing the harmful and widespread impact of armed conflict
on children and the long-term consequences on durable peace,
security and development, the Security Council this afternoon
expressed its readiness to explicitly include provisions for the
protection of children, when considering mandates for
peacekeeping operations.

Organisation: 
Web: 
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/SC7219.doc.htm

Countries

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