In her ground-breaking report presented to the General Assembly, Graça Machel, a former Minister of Education of Mozambique, highlighted the disproportionate impact of war on children and identified them as the primary victims of armed conflict. With this Resolution, the General Assembly renewed the SRSG-CAAC mandate for four years and among other things, requested the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to: “continue to engage pro actively with relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, Member States, regional and subregional organizations and non-State armed groups, including by negotiating action plans, securing commitments, advocating for appropriate response mechanisms and ensuring attention and follow-up to the conclusions and recommendations of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, and reaffirms the important role that the Special Representative can play inĬontributing to conflict prevention.” Timelineġ996 – Graça Machel Report, ‘’The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children’’ The mandate of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict has been renewed and expanded by the General Assembly since 1996, with the latest Resolution (A/RES/72/245) adopted on 16 December 2021. Strong engagement from the international community and the United Nations’ highest bodies has enabled the Special Representative’s mandate to remain in constant evolution to better address the needs of children affected by war. The mandate of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict was created by the UN General Assembly in December 1996 to strengthen the protection of children affected by armed conflict, raise awareness, promote the collection of information about the plight of children affected by war and foster international cooperation to improve their protection.
OPAC – Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
0 kommentar(er)
