the un secretary general report on children and armed conflict

Together with UNICEF, they engage in a campaign to demonize Israel in the Secretary-General’s annual report and seek to have Israel added to the Annex. The report claims that “the United Nations verified 1,031 grave violations against 340 Palestinian and 3 Israeli children (327 boys, 13 girls) in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel.” In addition, for the first time, the UN explicitly considers tear gas inhalation to be a form of “maiming.”Īlthough the report refers to UN verification of the claims, NGO Monitor research shows that, in the Israeli context, the allegations primarily originate with a group of radical NGOs that belong to a “ working group” tasked by UNICEF with monitoring and advocacy on children’s issues. (NGO Monitor’s analyses of previous CAAC reports are available here.)Īs in previous years, “Israel and the State of Palestine” appears among “situations on the agenda of the Security Council.” However, despite an intense NGO campaign, the IDF does not appear in the annex of grave violators.

Being listed in the Annex can result in Security Council sanctions.

Triggering violations include attacks on schools and hospitals, killing and maiming, recruitment and use of child soldiers, sexual assault, and/or abduction of children. It is scheduled to be presented to the UN Security Council on June 28, 2021.Įvery year, the Secretary-General compiles and publishes a list, in the form of an annex to his report, of the worst state and non-state violators of children’s rights. The United Nations Secretary-General published the annual report on “grave violations” in the context of children and armed conflict for 2020 (dated May 6, 2021).

The un secretary general report on children and armed conflict