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1. “That framework serves as a guide to the defence and education sectors for the creation of safe, inclusive and conflict-sensitive learning environments for children. No attacks on schools are tolerated. Having the law on children in situations of armed conflict and its implementing protocols, regulations and frameworks streamline the coordination of the efforts of all agencies concerned in order to ensure the safety of children. Positive outcomes can be maximized and achieved earlier with the involvement of civil society, non-governmental organizations, communities and families. We cannot overemphasize the importance of a whole-of-society approach in protecting children from armed conflict, as well as in preventing armed conflict and building peace, in general.”

   2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source

2. “That is a central principle in our law on children in situations of armed conflict. It means that everyone is required to preserve the peaceful integrity of children, exemplify mutual respect and non-violent behaviour in the presence of children and resolve all armed conflicts that cause damage to children. At all times, even during armed conflict, the human rights and best interests of children must be the primary consideration in any decision. That entails not only the prohibition of attacks on schools of the use of schools for military purposes, but also the creation and facilitation of alternative ways of delivering education services to children during situations of armed conflict. To protect learners and schools from conflict or its effects, we have the National Policy Framework on Learners and Schools as Zones of Peace.”

   2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source

3. “It promptly intervenes in cases of children rescued from armed rebel groups and reintegrates them into their families and communities, in collaboration with the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In June 2021, the Government signed the strategic plan to prevent and respond to grave child right violations in situations of armed conflict. The Philippine National Police issued a child protection policy that incorporates the provisions of the law on children in situations of armed conflict and its handling protocol. More than 3,000 child protection actors were trained on the laws and policies on child protection. The children and armed conflict agenda was also incorporated in the Bangsamoro Children’s Code in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Children are zones of peace.”

   2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source

4. “The Government is committed to implementing its law on children in situations of armed conflict across the relevant national agencies, local governments and civil society, down to the grass-roots level. Civil-society organizations, non-governmental organizations and indigenous communities have a meaningful role to play in raising awareness of child- protection issues and particularly in preventing the recruitment of child combatants. The Council on the Welfare of Children is the focal inter-agency body that coordinates the enforcement and implementation of all laws on children, ensuring a child-friendly and -sensitive society where every child enjoys their rights.”

   2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source

5. “The Philippines thanks the delegation of the United Kingdom for holding this open debate and the briefers for their informative presentations. The Philippines is committed to protecting children and fulfilling all its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, including their right not to know the horrors of war. We take a whole-of-Government approach to issues relating to children and armed conflict and to addressing grave violations committed against children. We would like to point to the finding in the report of the Secretary- General (S/2023/363) that grave violations against children in the Philippines decreased by 38 per cent in 2022.”

   2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source