This afternoon, the UN Security Council will hear a briefing from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, on the results of her recent visit to Yemen.
According to the United Nations website, the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict will be held today, Monday. At ten o'clock New York time (five p.m. Yemen time), an official closed session will last for four hours, during which briefings will be heard on the situation of children amid armed conflicts in a number of countries, including Yemen.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations will present The Special Forces Specialist on Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG CAAC), Virginia Gamba, gave a briefing on her recent field visits to Yemen and Saudi Arabia, which she made in late October, which is her first visit to the country.
The UN official’s briefing is scheduled to include, The results of the meetings it held in Aden and Sana’a with a number of officials and committees concerned with implementing the two action plans to end and prevent grave violations against children.
Gamba will review in its briefing the efforts made by all parties to the conflict to end and prevent grave violations against children, and the extent of their commitment to implementing special measures By protecting them from the effects of the conflict, and supporting those affected by them throughout the country, including community reintegration and raising awareness of the dangers of explosive ordnance.
The UN official will also renew her call to the parties to the conflict in Yemen to take further measures aimed at strengthening the protection of children, and working to restore Integrate them into society, and include concerns related to their protection in peace negotiations.
In her briefing, Gamba is expected to appeal to the international community to support children in Yemen by providing the necessary funds for community reintegration programs and mine action, which constitute a priority for all parties in The country.
It is noteworthy that the Group on Children and Armed Conflict is affiliated with the United Nations Security Council. It was established in accordance with Resolution No. (1612) of 2005, and consists of all fifteen members of the Council, and takes its decisions by consensus.
The Group is responsible for reviewing the reports submitted. On violations against children affected by armed conflict committed by parties included in the lists contained in the annexes to the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on children and armed conflict around the world, and following a negotiation process among the members of the Group through informal consultations, the Group adopts in an informal meeting its conclusions, which it issues Later as an official document of the Security Council.