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  1. “Within the framework of our commitment to work with the international community on issues pertaining to children in armed conflict, we urge that children be enabled to live in security and stability.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  2. “Recent years have witnessed a prevalence of armed conflict, a lack of respect for international law - especially international humanitarian law - and various violations of the rights of civilians. Hence, the problem of children in armed conflict - despite efforts to prevent their recruitment and to ensure their demobilization and reunification with their families, their protection from systematic violence and their psychological reintegration into their homes and communities. The Secretary-General's innovation in his report - the list of parties to conflict that are violating children's rights - is a commendable initiative that should be studied with a view to taking the necessary actions to track down those who violate the rights of children and bring them to justice.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  3. “Egypt supports all national and international efforts in the area of protecting the rights of children and improving their situation. We are firmly convinced that the economic, social, political and cultural progress of any society depends on the overall physical, moral, mental and educational development of its children. Over the past decade, the international community has undertaken many commendable efforts and has made great achievements in that area. Despite the success of the World Summit on Children, held in 1990, and the setting of ambitious goals to help children, the world still witnesses a number of factors that have had a negative impact on children, such as the economic effects of debt, illness and epidemics.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  4. “The Secretary- General has stated that the cordoning off of the territories, the curfews, the barriers and the checkpoints give rise to humanitarian problems, which result in the deterioration of education. The suffering of Palestinian children has exceeded all limits: unless the situation improves, there is no hope for the short-term future. Therefore, Egypt urges all countries to help Palestinian children by ensuring their humanitarian and other basic needs. We invite the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to undertake a field visit to the region in order to raise awareness of the situation on the ground and to enable the international community to adopt effective necessary measures aimed at relieving the suffering of Palestinian children and ensuring their protection.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  5. “Palestinian children are not only suffering from occupation, with its devastating psychological consequences; they are also deprived of their fundamental rights, including the right to live in security in a stable family environment. Not only are their families deprived of shelter and work; their lives are threatened if they ask for their legitimate fundamental rights. The suffering of Palestinian children does not stop there: they are deprived of a future, because they are given no tools to improve their future. Palestinian schools have been closed, and Palestinian children cannot continue their studies because of the constraints that have been imposed on them.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  6. “Otunnu's visits had helped in the assessment of the situation of children in armed conflict, in making specific recommendations and in heightening the international community's awareness of the problems faced by children. In that regard, we reiterate our demand that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General visit children living under Israeli occupation in the occupied Palestinian territories and prepare a report on effective measures to help protect those children in implementation of the relevant provisions of the outcome of the General Assembly's May 2002 special session on children, as cited by the Assembly on 18 December 2002 in its resolution 57/190.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  7. “During the past two years, the Security Council has devoted considerable attention to children in armed conflict, playing its role in that sphere by taking decisions related to peace-building and peacekeeping operations and by asking the parties to conflict to respect international law, in particular with regard to the protection of children. That is commendable, and complements the General Assembly's primary responsibility for children's issues. In that connection, I should like to express our gratitude to Mr. Olara Otunnu for his efforts and to draw attention to the importance of his field visits to raise awareness, to promote and to strengthen the protection, rights and well-being of children affected by armed conflict. In his report (S/2002/1299), the Secretary-General says that Mr.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source

  8. “Mr. Atta (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, on behalf of the Egyptian delegation, I should like to tell you, Sir, how grateful we are to your friendly country and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We should also like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and his Special Representative, Mr. Olara Otunnu, for their tireless efforts and valuable contributions aimed at enhancing and protecting the rights of children in armed conflict, and we reaffirm our total support for those efforts.”

    2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source