secretary-general report on children and armed conflict

PoC Week was coordinated by Switzerland (who was holding the Presidency of the Security Council in May), Belgium, CIVIC/International Rescue Committee and OCHA. The Secretary-General’s report on PoC was also presented on the same day. It included a series of side events related to issues raised at the annual Security Council Open Debate on PoC, which were held on 23 May, 2023. The sixth edition of the Protection of Civilians (PoC) week took place from 22 to at the UN headquarters in New York. The report concludes with a series of recommendations to end and prevent grave violations against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and improve the protection of children.Protection of Civilians Week 2023: 22 May –

Details are also provided regarding progress made in addressing grav e violations against children, including through the implementation of the action plans signed between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations. The trends and patterns of grave violations against children by all parties to the conflict are set out in the report and the worsening impact of armed conflict on children is underlined.

It covers the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017 and the information provided focuses on the six grave violations committed against children, the perpetrators thereof and the context in which the violations took place. The present report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions, is the sixth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Secretary-general report on children and armed conflict