EmailProtection of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (A /53/482)
Focusing on issues concerning children and armed
conflict, the annual report of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General
offers an overview of his work in this area. In the context of progress
achieved and challenges remaining with respect to the goals set out at
the World Summit for Children in 1990, the report considers the following
issues:
Main objectives: Promoting prevention, protection and rehabilitation
- Protection through public advocacy
- Promoting concrete initiatives in the midst of ongoing conflicts
- Mobilizing concerted response to post-conflict needs
Working on selected themes
- Participation of children in armed conflict
- Taking norms and values seriously
- Rape and sexual abuse in the context of armed conflict
- Mine awareness and rehabilitation of child victims
- Displaced children
- Impact of small arms on children
- Impact of sanctions on children
Partnerships, field missions and country initiatives for children
Main objectives: Promoting prevention, protection and rehabilitation
- Protection through public advocacy
- Promoting concrete initiatives in the midst of ongoing conflicts
- Mobilizing concerted response to post-conflict needs
Working on selected themes
- Participation of children in armed conflict
- Taking norms and values seriously
- Rape and sexual abuse in the context of armed conflict
- Mine awareness and rehabilitation of child victims
- Displaced children
- Impact of small arms on children
- Impact of sanctions on children
Partnerships, field missions and country initiatives for children