What's In Blue: Children and Armed Conflict
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Tomorrow morning (20 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution highlighting the need to facilitate adequate and sustainable child protection capacities in UN peace operations—that is, peacekeeping operations and special political missions—including in the context...
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Tomorrow morning (4 December), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Ukraine. The US, December’s Council president, is convening the meeting to discuss the effects of the war on children in Ukraine. Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine Russell is...
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Tomorrow (26 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba will present the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, dated 3 June....
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Tomorrow morning (3 April) at 11 am EST, the Security Council will hold a briefing on children and armed conflict that will focus on “addressing the consequences of the denial of humanitarian access for children”. The expected briefers are Special...
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Tomorrow morning (10 November), Russia will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting titled “Combating forced separation and illegal exploitation of children”. Briefings are expected from Mira Terada, Director of the Foundation to Battle Injustice, and Arun Dohle, Director of Against...
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Tomorrow (5 July), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba will present the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, which was made...
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This morning (28 April), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting titled “Addressing the Abduction and Deportation of Children During Armed Conflict: Concrete Steps for Accountability and Prevention”. The meeting is being co-hosted by Albania, France, and the US,...
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Tomorrow morning (13 February), the Security Council will hold a briefing on children and armed conflict that will focus on prevention of grave violations against children. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba and Special...
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Tomorrow (19 July), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Brazilian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Simas Magalhães is expected to chair the meeting. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba...
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On Monday (6 December), Security Council members will hold an in-person Arria-formula meeting on the protection of education in conflict. Niger and Norway (the chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict), the co-penholders on resolution 2601 of...
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Tomorrow (29 October), Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution on the protection of education in conflict. Niger and Norway (the chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict) co-drafted the resolution and led the...
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On Monday (28 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict via videoconference (VTC). Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid will chair the meeting and several Council members are expected to be represented at ministerial...
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Tomorrow (7 May), an Arria-formula meeting will be held via videoconference on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violations against children in situations of armed conflict. It is being organised by Council members Estonia, France, Ireland, Kenya, Niger, Norway,...
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Tomorrow (29 January) an Arria-formula meeting will be held via videoconference on: “Children and Armed Conflict, Repatriation of Children from Conflict Zones: From Camps to Homes, Call for Action”. It appears that a key focus of the meeting will be...
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On Friday (2 October), there will be an Arria-formula meeting on: “Access to education in conflict and post conflict contexts: Role of digital technology and connectivity”. Security Council members co-sponsoring the meeting are Belgium, China, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, France,...
