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G.V. Kuzmin

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2021-06-28
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2021-06-28
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  1. “Two hundred and sixty-three children have been left injured and 43 have been left disabled. In the Luhansk People’s Republic, 34 children are recorded as having died. These are the terrible numbers attached to the tragedy in the Donbass. I could read you the names of the children who died. That is why residents of this region continue to carry flowers to the “Alley of Angels”, a monument to the children who died at the hands of the Ukrainian military who took up arms against their people.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  2. “The activities of the Boko Haram group, based in the Lake Chad basin area, have long crossed borders. Ukraine is a source of particular pain for us. For more than seven years it has been in a state of political chaos, civil war, legal nihilism and rampant ultra - nationalism. For the eighth year, the Kiev regime, which came to power in a coup d’état, has been trying to massacre the people of eastern Ukraine. With the help of the regular army and punitive volunteer battalions under Nazi symbols. Using heavy weaponry. Schools, hospitals, children’s playgrounds and key infrastructure continue to come under target fire from the Ukrainian military. More than a hundred children have been killed by the Ukrainian military during the armed conflict. In the Donetsk People’s Republic, 93 children are recorded as having died.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  3. “Afghanistan continues to be shaken by bloody terrorist attacks, the most recent of which were perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Children are among the victims of these heinous attacks. One recent example of such atrocities is the May attack on a girls’ school. We condemn these crimes and call for them to be investigated and for the perpetrators to be punished. Child protection in Africa is notoriously difficult. Particularly in countries on the agenda of the Security Council, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and the Central African Rep ublic. Violence not only affects girls, but also boys, who are much more likely to be recruited by armed groups. For example, significantly more crimes are committed against boys and young men in Somalia.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  4. “Syria is experiencing shortages of essential foodstuffs, food, clean drinking water, milk formula, medicine and textbooks. Paying lip service to concern over the plight of children, Western donors refuse to finance not only projects to rebuild the country, but also infrastructure projects for rapid rehabilitation. The situation in Afghanistan is also a cause for concern. The Security Council has already held detailed discussions on the deteriorating situation in that country, on Tuesday, 22 June. Unfortunately, the situation there has changed very little over the past 20 years or more in terms of the protection of civilians and children. Sad statistics show that children have been regularly hit by airstrikes, including airstrikes by foreign forces.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  5. “Schoolchildren are banned from leaving the enclave to travel to government territories to take their exams. The situation in the Hawl and Rawj camps for internally displaced persons in the north-east of the country is no less disastrous. Temporary accommodation facilities are overcrowded and extremist ideology and religious radicalism are actively inculcated there. We reiterate our call on countries to comply with their obligations under international law and to take steps to repatriate children of their nationals from areas of armed conflict. We stand ready to share our experience, having repatriated 318 of our children from Syria and Iraq since 2018, and being actively engaged in their rehabilitation. Moreover, the situation in Syria has been substantially further complicated by the illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the West.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  6. “It should be remembered that the primary responsibility for the protection of children in conflict lies with States, and the Security Council Working Group should first and foremost address the most acute and widespread situations of armed conflict on the agenda of the Council. We are extremely concerned about the situation of children in Syria located in territories not under the control of Damascus – in the Idlib de-escalation zone and in the north-east of the country. Idlib is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is recognized by the Council as a terrorist organization. The local population is essentially being used as a human shield by the terrorists. Children are particular victims of the whims of the local authorities. The enclave has recorded an increase in child and early marriages.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  7. “Meanwhile, some countries continue to exert pressure and actively apply unilateral coercive measures that include preventing the supply of coronavirus vaccines, and equipment for diagnosis and treatment. We note the work of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We believe that the approach to addressing child protection issues within that unique mechanism should be comprehensive, as envisaged in Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions of the Council. This presupposes devoting equal attention to all six categories of grave violations against children, both in the operation of the monitoring and reporting mechanism on grave violations of children’s rights in situations of armed conflict and in the work of the associated thematic working group of the Council.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  8. “We are forced to note that children, who are among the most vulnerable sections of the population, continue to suffer from the effects of hostile actions, despite the national and international measures put in place. We strongly condemn violations of international humanitarian law, especially those committed against children by parties to armed conflict. The parties responsible for these crimes should, after proper investigation, be held criminally responsible. We consider unacceptable both the deliberate targeting of children and other categories of protected persons, and the indiscriminate or excessive use of force. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has worsened the already serious plight of children in areas of armed conflict. Social and economic life has been the primary victim.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source

  9. “We are grateful to Estonia for hosting today’s meeting and are pleased to welcome its President as our Chair. We would like to thank United Nations Secretary - General António Guterres, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore and the other speakers for their substantive presentations. We note the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba. The Russian Federation regards the issue of child protection as a priority. We have carefully studied the report of the Secretary-General, which overall provides a sufficient overview of the situation.”

    2021-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/617 (2021) · source