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Oling Olang

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2006-11-28
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  1. “Finally, let me encourage the Security Council to continue its ground-breaking path to correct the wrongs for children affected by armed conflict, and invite its members to continue their visits to places of gravest concern, both to draw the world's attention to the needs of these children, While establishing dialogues between parties concerned, and to meet community and civil society representatives on a regular basis, both here and elsewhere. Save the Children is happy to continue this dialogue and to work on finding proper responses to make dramatic changes for children affected by armed conflict.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  2. “Education is a crucial part of a child's survival strategy and also teaches life skills, such as landmine awareness, protection from HIV/AIDS, hygiene and disease prevention. In many societies, reaching maturity without basic skills in literacy and health can be a death sentence of gruelling work and dying young. I cannot help but to remind the Council that we are talking about measures for children who are still present, but what about the ones who are missing and unaccounted for? We need to be creative and come up with ways to account for them too. I have no easy answers, but this issue needs to be resolved.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  3. “Some Council members have seen these camps - cramped, lacking in services, short of water and electricity. The old village system has broken down and children are left without bare necessities, supervision, guidance and, until recently, hope. We have found that education and catering to protection needs in every humanitarian response is key to successful interventions. Save the Children, in our present worldwide challenge - Rewrite the Future - is calling for education for all children affected by armed conflict. Education should be funded and programmed as part of every humanitarian response, as it is proven to lower infant mortality rate and increase children's resistance to forced recruitment and exploitation, such as forced prostitution.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  4. “Save the Children wholeheartedly endorses the recommendation by the Secretary-General in his report that the Security Council consider expanding the focus of the monitoring and reporting mechanism. The Council should also devote equal care and attention to children affected by armed conflict in all situations of concern, and give equal weight to all categories of grave violations beyond the recruitment and use of child soldiers, as mentioned in the Secretary-General's report, including killing and maiming of children, rape and other grave sexual violence. What can be done for these children? Let me start with a picture. A child today in northern Uganda is likely to have lived his or her entire life in a camp for internally displaced populations.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  5. “Tremendous progress has been made with the new monitoring and reporting mechanism, but we now have a better picture of the situations at hand. With that knowledge comes increased responsibility; appropriate and concrete responses to the reports should be the next step. It is not enough to have access to an emergency number if no ambulance or support will come in response. The Security Council must come up with stronger ways of protecting children on the ground. The increasing number of United Nations Child Protection Advisors (CPAs) being deployed into crises is a start. The CPA system should be extended and better supported if mainstreaming child protection in missions is to become a reality. If not, the monitoring risks become merely a hollow instrument.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  6. “We find that the girls, often young mothers, ask for measures that will give them a true sense of belonging and livelihood. We call on the Security Council to ensure that DDRR activities reflect these realities. Of course, if DDRR is going to work it requires increased funding from donors for the rehabilitation and reintegration phases. The international community must open its eyes to this fact, and we must all tailor our response to the special needs of girls. We concur on the need to ensure that these measures are long term and sustainable, rather than face the situation in which we currently find ourselves, whereby we constantly shortchange the programmes, thereby increasing the chances of re-recruitment and harmful coping mechanisms of extremely vulnerable children.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  7. “As over half of the vulnerable population tends to be under the age of 18, that means millions of children are stranded without access to vital assistance and protection. The lack of access or denial of access is a fundamental problem that demands concerted international pressure both on a country-by-country basis and at global levels. Which diplomatic initiatives have really tried to tackle this critical issue for children and their communities? We at Save the Children appreciate that the Secretary-General makes a special note of the concerns of girl combatants and girls associated with armed groups. In our experience disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DDRR) have not at all been suitable for girls' needs. There are lessons to be learned, and a better way to find solutions is by asking the girls themselves.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  8. “Their situation is similar in more ways than one, whether they live in different corners of the world such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Nepal, the occupied Palestinian territories or the Sudan, to name only a few, or in my own country. Save the Children welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/2006/826) and its reflection of progress made to date. However, there are three themes we believe are neglected in the international community's response to children in conflict: stronger pressure for humanitarian access, special attention to girls associated with armed forces and the funding that that would require, and better response to reports of violations against children. In 2004 the Secretary-General reported that 10 million people were denied access to humanitarian relief.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source

  9. “Mr. Oling Olang: First, allow me to express our deep appreciation for the invitation to Save the Children to participate in today's open debate on children and armed conflict. We take it to reflect increased interest by the Security Council in the reality facing far too many children today. I am the District Manager for Save the Children for the Gulu district in northern Uganda, my home area where I have lived and worked for the last five years. Today I will share with you some of my experiences in this war-ravaged area, knowing that not only do I speak from our first-hand knowledge, but also that we represent the situation of many, many more children around the world, living during or in the aftermath of crisis and conflict.”

    2006-11-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5573 (2006) · source