These crimes must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.Īs the Report of the Secretary-General points out, while there has been progress in the overall protection of children caught in armed conflict, much more must be done. The deliberate destruction of their schools and hospitals in total disregard of international humanitarian law has become a strategy of war. Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such violent brutality: children used as soldiers, suicide bombers, sex slaves, and disposable intelligence-gatherers in the most dangerous military operations. No one can ignore this damning observation.
As the Secretary-General states in his Report, “The impact on children of our collective failure to prevent and end conflict is severe, and the present Report highlights the increased intensity of grave violations in a number of situations of armed conflict.” But as the Secretary-General’s Report on Children and Armed Conflict covering the year 2015 illustrates, the 2014 horror-list has been surpassed by the number of children caught in armed conflicts and the scale and severity of violations in 2015. The year 2014 was described as the worst year for children affected by armed conflict. My Delegation wishes to thank the Malaysian Presidency for convening this particularly important Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, and conveys to Malaysia its appreciation for all that it has done and will continue to do as Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
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