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  1. “We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Zerrougui, and all the other actors involved for implementing the mandate for the protection of children in armed conflict and ensuring an effective and thorough monitoring and reporting mechanism. Finally, the Human Security Network looks forward to the second open debate dedicated to children and armed conflict, in June.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  2. “Furthermore, the Network strongly condemns the recruitment of children by armed forces, supports the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers and children affected by war, and reiterates its commitment to the United Nations "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign, launched one year ago. Moreover, the Network encourages States that have not yet done so to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. We further commend the work of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, chaired by Malaysia. In the year of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1612 (2005), we encourage the Working Group to make full use of its tool box in order to move the agenda forward in significant ways.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  3. “The Network encourages the United Nations and its Member States to work together to build this capacity further. Monitoring on the ground and accurate and timely reporting can be crucial to ensuring that perpetrators are held accountable for violations committed against children in armed conflict. Peacekeepers can make an important contribution by effectively applying the monitoring and reporting mechanisms established in accordance with resolutions 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009) and 1998 (2011), in situations where parties to conflict have been listed in the annexes of the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict. The Network condemns the extremely worrying mass abductions of children. Girls are particularly at risk of abduction and recruitment by armed groups for sexual purposes and forced marriages.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  4. “Recent events have shown the timeliness of a focus on protecting schools against attacks and avoiding their military use. The Network welcomes the draft Lucens Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict and efforts to disseminate and promote their implementation. Furthermore, we take note with interest of the ongoing consultations on the so- called Safe Schools Declaration to provide a broader framework for the Guidelines. The Human Security Network calls for the inclusion of specific child protection provisions in peacekeeping mission mandates. Moreover, soldiers, police officers and civilians who participate in United Nations and other international peacekeeping missions should receive special training in child protection and children's rights.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  5. “National justice systems, subregional and regional cooperation and the International Criminal Court have an important role to play in this regard. The Network stresses that the presence of local female police officers and women peacekeepers can encourage victims to come forward to report such crimes. The signing of action plans must be facilitated, and efforts towards their implementation must be made. The number of action plans concluded with non-State armed groups must increase further. For this purpose, the United Nations and concerned Governments should cooperate closely. Furthermore, child protection provisions have to be integrated into peace talks and agreements. Every child should have access to education, including in regions of armed conflict. In that context, the Network reiterates the importance of resolution 2143 (2014).”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  6. “We welcome the particular focus of the debate today, since the overwhelming majority of parties listed in the Secretary-General's most recent annual report on children in armed conflict (S/2014/339) are non-State armed groups. In order to ensure that perpetrators, including non-State armed groups, national armed forces and peacekeepers who commit grave violations against children, are brought to justice, we need to take concrete measures. We call for more efforts to address impunity and to investigate, prosecute and punish all those who commit grave violations against children. In particular, boys and girls continue to be affected by rape and other forms of sexual violence during armed conflict.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source

  7. “I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Human Security Network, a cross-regional network composed of Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand and my own country, Austria, and South Africa as an observer. The Human Security Network is an informal group of States that advocates a people-centred, holistic approach to human security, complementing the more traditional understanding of national and international security. Let me first of all thank today's briefers for their comprehensive statements. I would also like to thank the French presidency for convening this open debate on children and armed conflict, a topic that has long been a priority for the Network.”

    2015-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7414 (2015) · source