Senegal and children impacted by armed conflicts

It should consider limited bans on exports of natural resources that benefited those parties, and indicate its willingness to consider targeted sanctions against parties in violation of those standards. He said the Security Council should continue to investigate linkages between illicit trade and the ability of parties to armed conflict to conduct war.

The challenge now was to ensure adherence. Over the past two years, a number of concrete commitments had been made concerning the protection of children. Speaking during the Council's day-long open debate on children and armed conflict, he said the international community must do a lot more to provide education to war-affected children and to meet the special needs of the girl child and adolescents in the midst and aftermath of conflict. NEW YORK, 26 July (UN Headquarters) - Child soldiering must be curbed by mobilizing political pressure, addressing the economic, social and political factors behind the phenomenon, and enhancing capacities on the ground for receiving and rehabilitating child soldiers, Olara Otunnu, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, told the Security Council today. Security Council Holds Debate on Children and Armed Conflict For information only - not an official document.

Senegal and children impacted by armed conflicts