UNICEF Chief Urges Security Council to Protect Children from Warzone Violence
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell addresses the UN Security Council on the devastating impact of armed conflict on children. She highlights that schools, hospitals, and water points are being turned into battlefields, with millions of children facing violence, displacement, recruitment by armed groups, and denial of humanitarian access. Russell calls for stronger international action to protect children in conflict zones, including accountability for violations and increased funding for child protection programs.
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And no child should have to wonder whether entering a classroom or health facility might cost her life.
Yet for millions of children living through conflict, these basic protections have been stripped away.
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