![]() ![]() We know how to reach children at greatest risk and in greatest need. More than 400 million children live in areas under conflict an estimated 1 billion children – nearly half the world’s children – live in countries at extreme vulnerability to the impacts of climate change at least 36.5 million children have been displaced from their homes and 8 million children under age 5 across 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting.īut the situation is far from hopeless. ![]() Across the globe, children are facing a historic confluence of crises – from conflict and displacement to infectious disease outbreaks and soaring rates of malnutrition. Today, there are more children in need of humanitarian assistance than at any other time since the Second World War. Acting together, we can turn back this deadly ‘new normal’ of attacks against children and preserve humanity. The international community can do more to support programmes which work to protect children from violence, abuse, and exploitation, and deliver the services needed to help children come through conflict with hope for a better future.īy protecting children from attacks in armed conflict, we keep hope alive, we begin to prepare children to shape peaceful futures for themselves and their countries. International peace and security institutions such as the United Nations Security Council and regional organizations can do more to prioritize the safety and well-being of children trapped in armed conflicts. ![]() Governments who support or who have influence over warring parties must use all their influence to insist children are protected according to the requirements of international law. Governments and all warring parties where conflicts rage must act to fulfil their obligations to protect children and enable access to specialized response services for children affected by violence.Ĭommunities in conflict-affected areas must be supported to create protective environments for girls and boys. We must demand leadership which is prepared to act to prevent attacks and violence against children trapped in war zones. We must insist to national and international leaders that protecting children during armed conflict is the cornerstone of our shared humanity. Citizens everywhere can begin by not averting their gaze from children’s suffering, because it seems too distant or the politics of conflict too complex. ![]()
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