The Office of the UN Special Representative for Children & Armed Conflict serves to protect the rights of children affected by war.
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At @UN Security Council 30th anniversary event, USG Frazier urged int. community to:
1️⃣Ensure verified information leads to action
2️⃣Translate existing commitments into practice
3️⃣Preserve Council unity & make full use of the tools
4️⃣Sustain prevention, protection & reintegration
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When we invest in children, we invest in the future.
But today, decades of progress in children’s wellbeing are at risk of unravelling.
Together, let’s invest in solutions that can reach every country, every community & every child — now & for future generations.
The scale of current violations remains stark. In 2025, the UN verified 38,558 grave violations affecting 24,174 children, the highest number of children affected since this mandate was established-
@_vanessafrazier at @UN Security Council on 30th Anniversary of CAAC mandate
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30 yrs after the Graça Machel Report, children in conflict still face denial of their fundamental right to education
At today’s #UNSC briefing, I stressed that protecting children=safe learning, psychosocial support & a path back to school
Every child deserves the chance to learn
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📰 Journalism plays a part.
In a world of deepfakes and disinformation, how can we distinguish facts from fiction?
Journalist and @UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety @Amanpour reflects on why independent journalism and reliable information matter.
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#GlobalMILWeek #WeAllPlayAPart
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From Gaza to Yemen, women and girls are facing ever greater dangers this year simply surviving in war zones. The Security Council met yesterdayto debate the best way to improve security for women caught up in conflict.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…
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Amid multiplying conflicts, the only pathway to sustainable peace is through international law, the resolution of root causes & the active pursuit of political solutions.
Let’s summon the political will to silence the guns, stop the killing & build a world where peace for all prevails.
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Today, the African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations hosted on the margins of the #WPSWeek2026, a high-level dialogue on advancing the Women, Peace and Security (#WPS) and Children Affected by Armed Conflict (#CAAC) agendas through integrated systems of legal identity, protection, inclusion and support for children in conflict zones.
The event featured the @_AfricanUnion Commission Chairperson’s Special Envoys on Women, Peace and Security, H. E. Amb Liberata Mulamula (@Amb_Mulamula ) and Amb Jainaba Jagne (@AmbJJagne ), #AUC Special Envoys for Children Affected by Armed Conflict, the @UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General @_VanessaFrazier and the #AU Permanent Observer to the #UN, Ambassador Mohamed Fathi Edrees.
Discussions focused on bridging institutional mandates, strengthening women’s leadership in community protection, and translating AU–UN commitments into coordinated action for women and children affected by armed conflict.
#AUPSC #Agenda2063 #TheAfricaWeWant #ChildrenAffectedByArmedConflict
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In 2025, the @UN verified grave violations affecting 24,174 children — the highest number since the mandate began.
Speaking at the Security Council, Vanessa Frazier, @childreninwar, calls for every party to protect children, regardless of who commits the violations ⤵️
Honored to join today's event “From Legal Invisibility to Protection: Strengthening Legal Identity & Protection for Women & Children Affected by Armed Conflict”
We are grateful to @_AfricanUnion 4 helping ensure no woman or child affected by conflict is left unseen or unprotected
On #UNDay, young participants came together at @nmoqatar’s for a special journey into children's rights & the importance of protecting children affected by armed conflict.
🎨 As part of #ProveItMatters, participants wrote personal messages designed for 3D-printed origami doves!🕊️
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Excerpt from today’s statement delivered by @GreeceMFA George Gerapetritis in his national capacity, at the Security Council briefing on Children and Armed Conflict.
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@GreeceMFA
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🇱🇻🇺🇳 The Parliamentary Secretary of the @Latvian_MFA , @dacemelbarde , met with @UN Special Representative @_VanessaFrazier to discuss the protection of children affected by armed conflict - a priority for Latvia in the UN Security Council.
🔴 Latvia calls for the immediate and safe return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. 🇱🇻🇺🇳 We back our words with action: in 2026, Latvia supported the return of 15 Ukrainian children, and in 2025, provided over EUR 3 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian 🇺🇦 children.
@UNICEF @UNICEF_UA @childreninwar
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👧👦 Thirty years of the Children and Armed Conflict mandate have shown that international action can make a difference. Yet tens of thousands of grave violations against children were verified in 2025.
🔴 The number of children killed in armed conflict increased by 34%.
🔴 The number of children abducted in 2025 was the highest recorded since records began in 2005.
🔴 Emerging technologies are changing the nature of warfare and creating new risks for children, including recruitment through online platforms.
🔴 In Ukraine, Russia’s war of aggression continues to steal childhoods, shatter families, and deprive children of the safety and security every child deserves.
❗️The Parliamentary Secretary of the @Latvian_MFA, @dacemelbarde, underscored the need to strengthen protection, ensure accountability, bring every child home, and turn commitments into action.
‼️ Every child deserves to live in safety and dignity.
@UNICEF @UNICEF_UA @_VanessaFrazier
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30 years ago, the🇺🇳made a promise to protect children affected by armed conflict.
The #CAAC mandate has delivered real results. Yet grave violations are at record levels.
We have the tools to help end and prevent violations. What is needed is the political will to use them.
"30 years from now, children must be safer because we acted today. I am ready to do my part. I ask this Council to do its part too – use every tool at its disposal to protect children" @_VanessaFrazier at @UN Security Council to mark 30 years of #CAAC, under @GRUN_NY Presidency
Delegates marking 30 years of the Children and Armed Conflict agenda warned that children are facing record levels of harm.
Speaking at the Security Council, Special Representative @_VanessaFrazier, calls for every party to protect children.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…
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Delegates marking 30 years of the Children and Armed Conflict agenda warned that children are facing record levels of harm.
Speaking at the Security Council, Special Representative @_VanessaFrazier, calls for every party to protect children.
news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…
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ONU marca 30 anos de atuação pela libertação de crianças-soldado pelo mundo. Sessão no Conselho de Segurança abordou proteção de menores em conflitos armados; Vanessa Frazier, @childreninwar, pediu compromissos políticos e “financiamento previsível".
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Watch live: 30th anniversary of the Children and Armed Conflict - Meeting of the Security Council under @GRUN_NY Presidency with @_VanessaFrazier @unicefchief AU SE Jainaba Jagne @1612Watchlist @AUC_PAPS
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#CAAC30 #ProveItMatters
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Programme of Work - 26 October 2026
10.00 - Briefing on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC).
Chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Mr. George Gerapetritis.
15:00 - Briefing and closed consultations on Iraq/Kuwait Missing Persons [UNSCR 2792 (2025)]
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