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  1. “Finally, Save the Children also wants to add its voice to the call made to the Secretary-General to develop a policy that prohibits listed Government security forces from contributing their troops to United Nations missions.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  2. “Save the Children calls on the Council to support comprehensive transitional-justice measures in tandem with action plans and other approaches to armed groups. Our work and that of other child protection actors relies on a minimum level of security, for which we often rely on United Nations operations and other peacekeeping operations. We call on Member States of the United Nations to ensure the rapid deployment of all forces authorized to participate in peacekeeping operations and to ensure that peacekeepers will be deployed where children are at most risk. However, peacekeepers must be able to guarantee the safety and rights of children and not pose a threat themselves. For this reason, peacekeeping officers must receive comprehensive training on child protection prior to deployment.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  3. “Save the Children calls on States Members of the United Nations and donors to provide long-term financial support to prevention and reintegration programmes. Moreover, Save the Children is pursuing coordination activities with various actors aimed at supporting reconciliation and peacebuilding, rebuilding education and child protection systems, and economic recovery. That must be reinforced by the actions of States and the international community to ensure that there are consequences for those who commit grave violations against children. Individuals committing such Violations must be held accountable within the framework of the efforts being undertaken to provide remedies for Violations.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  4. “Reintegration programmes also need to be adapted to the context and must be planned as part of the development of action plans or other strategies. In the Central African Republic, because many children are recruited by family or community members, we are using community-based, rather than individual, approaches. Our reintegration programmes there and elsewhere promote psychosocial well-being by creating opportunities for children and youth to rebuild relations and develop critical life skills to enhance their resilience. We also provide socioeconomic support to vulnerable youth, including those formerly associated with armed groups, through livelihood training and other means of community-based economic support. However, the effective reintegration and strengthening of protection systems require sustained, long-term interventions.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  5. “Pursuant to resolution 2143 (2014), we urge Member States and all parties to conflict, including armed groups, to take concrete measures to prevent the military use of schools during armed conflict by implementing and disseminating the available guidance included, for example, in the Special Representative of the Secretary-General's Guidance Note on Attacks against Schools and Hospitals and the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack's Lucens Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict. State endorsement of the Guidelines, through the signing of the Safe Schools Initiative and the practical implementation of the Guidelines, will contribute to establishing best practices and thereby enhance the protection of schools.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  6. “In Colombia, for example, our programmes aim to strengthen the protective environment for children by working closely with communities, schools and local authorities to build local resilience and response mechanisms. Save the Children's experience shows that education and livelihood support are important factors in both prevention and reintegration. Access to quality education and income generation offers a route out of the poverty that often underpins armed conflict and drives child recruitment. For children formerly associated with armed forces or groups, education also provides a sense of normality and purpose and increases their chances of successful reintegration. For that reason, the protection of education is critical.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  7. “We also stress the importance of supporting national authorities in the design and implementation of formal disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes. We must consider the gender issue. Securing the release of girls associated with armed groups is a particular challenge in all of the situations in which we work. They are often hidden from View and frequently regarded not as members of the group but as "wives". We therefore remind the Council of the importance of developing gender-specific strategies for the release and reintegration of girls associated with armed groups. In addition to the engagement with non- State armed groups, Save the Children emphasizes prevention as an important component of all our programmes.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  8. “However, where United Nations engagement with armed groups is not possible, complementary approaches should be supported. Commitments secured from non-State armed groups by international non-governmental organizations, such as the Geneva Call or local community-based organizations, can result in immediate protection for children. They can also serve as stepping stones towards action plans. That is why Save the Children calls upon the United Nations to strengthen its cooperation with non-governmental child-protection stakeholders to develop coordinated strategies in pursuit of the shared goal of ending and preventing the grave Violations being committed against children by armed groups.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  9. “In July 2014, following a series of child protection training sessions and briefings run by Save the Children's national team with his commanders, Eric and nine other children were handed over to us. Today, we have yet to locate his parents. He is living with a foster family and is learning to be a carpenter, and his prospects are good. Elsewhere, Save the Children seeks to support the United Nations engagement with armed groups. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, we support community-based child-protection networks to enable communities to alert and report to the United Nations system and local authorities on grave Violations of children's rights, including the abduction and recruitment of children by armed groups.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  10. “Instead, Save the Children has adopted a case-by- case approach, enabling us to establish a dialogue with around 20 individual anti-Balaka commanders at the local level to build trust, We were also then able to present the humanitarian protection principles and secure the release of children. Since November 2013, more than 800 girls and boys have been released through interventions by Save the Children and other organizations. One ofthem, whom I will call Eric, is now 15 years old. Eric joined an anti-Balaka group after his house was burnt down and he became separated from his parents during fighting between the anti-Balaka and ex-Sele'ka groups in December 2013. While with the group, he acted as a spy and a courier and took part in attacks.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  11. “We call on States to facilitate access for the United Nations and other specialized child-protection actors to armed groups, and we also call upon the United Nations to redouble its efforts to engage with armed groups to get them to agree to and implement action plans. However, interventions with armed groups must be tailored to each group and the specific contexts in which they operate. In the Central African Republic, we are faced with multiple armed groups, often with weak command structures and little or no knowledge of international standards and norms. In that context, formal agreements may not be feasible with the leaders.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  12. “Save the Children's engagement with non-State armed groups is guided by the single goal of protecting children from violence, including their recruitment and use by armed groups. Action plans in which parties to armed conflict commit to measures to end violations are one route to achieving the goal. In that regard, the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign, led by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and by UNICEF, shows the potential for impact with State security forces. Action plans have also proven to be an effective tool for ending grave violations against children by armed groups and should be pursued proactively wherever possible.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  13. “On behalf of Save the Children, I thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to address the Security Council at this important debate. Save the Children works in many countries affected by armed conflict, delivering life-saving assistance to millions of children and families in need. In New York, we are also an active member of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. As a child protection adviser with Save the Children in the Central African Republic, I work on a daily basis with girls and boys impacted by conflict. Drawing on Save the Children's experience in situations of armed conflict around the world, I will focus my remarks today on three areas: engagement with armed groups, building protective environments for children and the reintegration of children.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source