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José Alfonso Conde

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2021-06-28
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2021-06-28
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  1. “As the report clearly signals us, it is a “Stolen childhood and a future to repair”. Therefore, let us not lose sight of the fact that accountability for all violations and abuses against children is at the heart of the children and armed conflict agenda.”

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

  2. “During its tenure in the Security Council, the Dominican Republic kept the protection of children in armed conflict high in our priorities and we will continue to do so, including through the different endorsements made by our country, such as the Safe Schools Declaration, the Paris Principles and the Vancouver Principles, as well as through the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. As we commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the creation of the children and armed conflict agenda, including the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, we want to reiterate the strong support of the Dominican Republic to the agenda and mandate.”

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

  3. “Being the main goal to break the cycle of violence, it becomes crucial that all the pillars of child protection are taken into account in the context of all relevant activities of the United Nations, Governments and stakeholders, carried out during conflict prevention, as well as in conflict and post-conflict situations, including through the strengthening of child protection mechanisms, and by adopting measures and assuming greater commitments, mainly with reintegration and rehabilitation programmes, and with action plans to protect children.”

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

  4. “In that same line, we must continue to support United Nations child protection advisers, and make sure such positions are fully funded and given the appropriate seniority. Protecting children requires a collective response. The briefers’ observations and recommendations are meant to leave this debate translated into concrete action by the Security Council.”

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

  5. “Despite the heavy impact the pandemic has imposed on the monitoring and reporting mechanism operations pertaining grave violations against children in armed conflict, it continues to provide us with a better understanding of the situation on the ground as a basis to guide effective action towards protecting children. Once again, we emphasize our strong support for the impartiality and independence of the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict and for the need to apply clear, consistent and evidence-based criteria in the listing and delisting of parties responsible for grave violations against children in the annual reports of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict.”

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

  6. “In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its rising insecurities, children are more vulnerable to abuse, human trafficking and recruitment. The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated children’s existing vulnerabilities, including by hindering their access to education, health and social services. In addition to the mass school closures, attacks on schools have increased, impacting children’s future. The Dominican Republic condemns these violations and urges parties to conflicts to comply with their obligations under international law, including humanitarian law and human rights law and to adhere to the Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire.”

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

  7. “Violence and conflict continue to have a devastating and disproportionate impact on children. Children that require our utmost attention and unwavering commitment. This year’s report registers an alarming 23,946 grave violations and has shown a massive spike in the number of children abducted, by 90 per cent, and sexually abused in conflict, by 70 per cent. We are deeply concerned by the increase of these violations, many perpetrated by parties that have signed action plans with the United Nations. According to the report of the Secretary-General, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, the Syrian Arab Republic and Yemen are the most dangerous places for children at this moment. Afghanistan remains the deadliest conflict for children.”

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

  8. “I thank the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, Henrietta Fore, Forest Whitaker and Laban Onisimus for sharing their important perspectives. The Dominican Republic fully supports the recommendations presented by the Secretary-General in his report. Moreover, we recognize the essential work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and of UNICEF, including through their engagement with parties to conflict resulting in the adoption of measures to better protect children from hostilities, such as the release of 12,643 children from armed groups and armed forces on 2020. As we continue to make efforts to remain positive, the reality is that, despite advancement achieved, the picture that the reports draws year after year on the situation of children in armed conflict, remains terrifying.”

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