United Nations debates on children and armed conflict

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United Nations debate international policy dialogue mechanism for protection of children in armed conflict multilateral diplomatic process

United Nations debates on children and armed conflict are high-level international discussions focused on protecting children from the impacts of war, addressing issues such as child soldiers, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the broader violations of children's rights in conflict zones.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations General Assembly resolutions on children and armed conflict	1
United Nations children and armed conflict agenda	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations debate ⓘ international policy dialogue ⓘ mechanism for protection of children in armed conflict ⓘ multilateral diplomatic process ⓘ
addresses	attacks on medical facilities serving children ⓘ education in emergencies ⓘ grave violations against children in armed conflict ⓘ impact of displacement on children ⓘ military use of schools ⓘ monitoring and reporting of violations against children ⓘ protection of schools as safe spaces ⓘ psychosocial impact of war on children ⓘ recruitment and use of children by armed forces ⓘ recruitment and use of children by armed groups ⓘ
aimsTo	end recruitment and use of child soldiers ⓘ ensure access to education during armed conflict ⓘ ensure access to health care for children in conflict zones ⓘ integrate child protection into peace processes ⓘ prevent and respond to grave violations against children ⓘ promote accountability for crimes against children in conflict ⓘ strengthen protection of schools and hospitals ⓘ
focusesOn	abduction of children in conflict ⓘ accountability for grave violations against children ⓘ attacks on schools and hospitals ⓘ denial of humanitarian access to children ⓘ killing and maiming of children ⓘ prevention of recruitment and use of child soldiers ⓘ protection of children in armed conflict ⓘ reintegration of former child soldiers ⓘ sexual violence against children in conflict ⓘ
guidedBy	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ Charter of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Charter international human rights law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ
hasAdditionalForum	United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ surface form: Human Rights Council United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasMainForum	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
involves	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict ⓘ surface form: Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict UNICEF ⓘ surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Secretary-General United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations affected States ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ humanitarian agencies ⓘ non-governmental organizations ⓘ regional organizations ⓘ
isPartOf	United Nations debates on children and armed conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United Nations children and armed conflict agenda United Nations human rights system ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights agenda United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peace and security agenda
language	all official languages of the United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	Action Plans between the United Nations and parties to conflict ⓘ Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on grave violations against children in situations of armed conflict ⓘ United Nations Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict ⓘ United Nations peacekeeping doctrine ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping child protection mandates
resultsIn	United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ surface form: General Assembly resolutions Human Rights Council resolutions ⓘ United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ policy commitments by Member States ⓘ presidential statements ⓘ recommendations to parties to conflict ⓘ strengthening of monitoring and reporting mechanisms ⓘ
supportedBy	Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict ⓘ UNICEF ⓘ surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund
timePeriod	late 20th century to present ⓘ
uses	annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict ⓘ list of parties that commit grave violations against children ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict → createdBy → United Nations debates on children and armed conflict ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions on children and armed conflict

United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → isPartOf → United Nations debates on children and armed conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations children and armed conflict agenda

Olara Otunnu → participatedIn → United Nations debates on children and armed conflict ⓘ