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Maalla M’jid

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2023-02-13
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  1. “In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm my commitment to continuing to work closely with Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and all my United Nations counterparts to provide joint technical support and guidance, share practices, and conduct joint country missions and policy dialogues in order to assist Member States in their efforts to prevent violence against children and protect all children across the conflict continuum, leaving no child behind.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  2. “Enhancing the participation of children, boys and girls in decision-making and establishing long-term policies to address their aspirations and needs are fundamental to building a peace that can be sustained. Our recent joint advocacy brief on protecting the rights of children on the move in times of crisis with UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was a recognized contribution to guidance in that direction.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  3. “In all my country visits over the past year to Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, I identified, together with partners, varying levels of vulnerabilities and ways to ensure early detection and early action. Through my Office, we also provided guidance to the United Nations system and States on ensuring the engagement and participation of children, including by sharing experiences of child-led initiatives and connecting children across countries and regions. Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and I are very pleased to have facilitated an exchange of experiences today with Ms. Divina from Cameroon.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  4. “In Africa and Latin America, young leaders have been actively engaged in peacebuilding. Those are just a few examples. Within the work of my mandate, I engage with all United Nations Member States by providing tools and supporting initiatives that help to ensure alerts of risks, as well as the early identification of drivers of violence. Over the past two years, we have engaged with more than 80 Member States through their processes to self-assess the progress made in achieving their commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in relation to all the Sustainable Development Goals in order to end violence against children in all settings, including conflict areas. That is a clear example of the three interrelated pillars of development, peace and security, and human rights as the essence of the Organization’s work.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  5. “Pre-developed cross-border data systems that can be reactivated in crisis situations must be put in place. Such cooperation will enable greater accountability for perpetrators, including traffickers, through improved capabilities for criminal investigations and mutual legal assistance. Fourthly, all actions to address child protection must be informed and shaped by children’s experiences, as they know best where existing systems have failed them the most. Children affected by conflict have already taken action by providing peer support, promoting peace and peacebuilding, and preventing radicalization. In Yemen, children requested peace through a peace resolution. In Syria and in Ukraine, girls have shared their stories with the world to promote peace. In Afghanistan, they have promoted peace through art and writing.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  6. “Sustainable multisectoral humanitarian programming is needed to reduce risk factors and support protective factors that can make children, families and their communities more resilient to the adverse impacts of conflict. That means supporting the scaling-up of integrated services, including in the areas of education, health, mental and psychosocial support, social protection, safe sheltering, child protection mechanisms and justice. Thirdly, forced displacement due to conflict heightens the risk of child abduction and trafficking and children going missing. To prevent those crimes, strengthening cross-border cooperation is critical, which means ensuring child-friendly border management, the rapid exchange of information and the proper registration, referral and tracking of children who are unaccompanied or have been separated.”

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  7. “First, it is critical to understand and identify who the vulnerable children are and where they live. That means ensuring the early detection of the most vulnerable children and caregivers by establishing centralized in-country information management systems to keep track of the exact number of children in vulnerable situations, as well as rapid emergency child- alert systems and awareness-raising. Also essential is the provision of information, in language that children can understand, on available support services such as helplines, safe corridors and spaces, and family reunification services. Secondly, it is crucial to ensure the provision of easy access to humanitarian aid and support for all children, with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  8. “As demonstrated by today’s briefing, I am confident that all Council members feel the urgency of addressing the risks and impacts of that continuum of violence prior to, during and after conflict, which is the door to prevention. Only through investment in integrated national child protection systems can we ensure effective and proactive preventive measures. That is why our solid cooperation and close coordination with my colleague, Ms. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter, and all United Nations agencies and programmes, including in humanitarian settings, are key. They continue to demonstrate that the complexities of the continuum of violence must be addressed, while looking at all drivers in close cooperation. Let me share some thoughts and concrete preventive measures.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  9. “Their developmental, mental health and psychosocial needs are often neglected, with consequences that can last a lifetime. Children who have no role in conflict suffer the most from its consequences, but that is not inevitable. Prevention of the six grave violations and their interlinked forms of violence is possible across the conflict continuum if, first, children’s pre-existing risks and vulnerabilities are identified and duly addressed before conflict erupts; secondly, the highest standards of protection, including the provision of access to humanitarian aid and support for children and their caregivers, are adhered to by all parties during conflict; and thirdly, support and investment in rebuilding their lives are consistently provided after conflict.”

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  10. “The range of their vulnerabilities is wide and, as highlighted by Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter, they include children living in poor and remote areas; girls; children deprived of family care; children in detention; children in institutions; children on the streets; children from minorities; children with disabilities; and migrant, refugee, asylum-seeker and stateless children. They often face a continuum of violence encompassing multiple forms that are often interlinked, such as abduction, sexual abuse and exploitation, gender-based violence, forced labour, trafficking, smuggling, child marriage, enrolment in armed and criminal groups, and deprivation of liberty. Through it all, children lose access to critical health, education and protection services.”

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  11. “Conflicts remain the biggest driver of protection challenges worldwide and a major threat to the lives, safety and well-being of children, and are therefore rightly everyone’s concern. Conflicts often overlap with other crises, such as the climate and financial crises, and they amplify pre-existing social inequalities, poverty, hunger and discrimination, further exacerbating the risks and impacts of violence on children. Millions of children have been displaced from their homes as a result of conflict, violence and other crises. Already vulnerable prior to conflict, children in conflict areas and children fleeing conflict within and across countries are on the front line.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source

  12. “Ms. Maalla M’jid: I thank you, Madam President, for inviting me today and for your country’s commitment to promoting higher standards for the protection of all children. Malta’s leadership in creating a better understanding of the continuum of violence before, during and after conflicts that millions of children face around the world, as well as the importance of a strengthened focus on prevention, could not be more timely, as my friend Ms. Gamba de Potgieter just highlighted. Let us pause for a moment and look at all the multiple crises that affect the lives and well-being of children around the world, with and through their eyes. Globally, as members know, many millions of children live in conflict zones.”

    2023-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9258 (2023) · source