While armed groups were responsible for 50% of grave violations, Gamba underscored that governments were the main perpetrators of the killing and maiming of children and of attacks on schools and hospitals. The United Nations also verified attacks on 1,163 schools and 647 hospitals, a 112% increase from 2021, she said. special envoy for children in armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, told the council that the 27,180 grave violations in 2022 were carried out against 18,890 children and included 8,620 who were killed or injured, 7,622 who were recruited or used by governments or armed groups in conflicts, 3,985 who were abducted, 1,165, almost all of them girls, who were raped, forced into marriage or sexual slavery or sexually assaulted. welcomed its “identification of practical measures including those proposed by the U.N.” to protect children. chief did not put Israel on the blacklist for grave violations against 1,139 Palestinian children, including 54 killings last year - as supporters had hoped – saying the U.N. In his yearly report to the council late last month, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres put Russian forces on the U.N.'s annual blacklist of countries that violate children’s rights in conflict for killing boys and girls and attacking schools and hospitals in Ukraine.īut the U.N. Government and parties to conflicts are not fulfilling their commitments to protect children, and “meaningful and unambiguous action” is needed, the UNICEF official said.
He also said UNICEF expects an increase in Palestinian children affected due to recent escalations in violence. has received reports that hundreds have been killed and injured. Since the report, Abdi said, a serious conflict has erupted in Sudan where over 1 million children have been displaced by violent conflict and the U.N.
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