726 casualties of children in Yemen were the direct result of attacks led by the coalition in 2018. Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war the highest number ever verified by the UN, the Security Council heard on. Her report highlighted the disproportionate impact of war on. Please note that the following report excludes the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition from the list of perpetrators on grave violations against children. The mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict was created by the General Assembly (Resolution A/RES/51/77) following the publication, in 1996, of a report by Graça Machel titled the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children.
New war tactics, as well as a decline in adherence to international law, were identified as two contributing factors. Trends in 2018 saw a steady occurrence of grave violations against children by non-state actors, while there was an alarming increase in grave violations by state-actors and international forces. In Syria, 1 854 children died due to airstrikes and cluster munitions, whereas 1 689 children in Yemen suffered in fighting and other offenses. Children in Afghanistan accounted for 28% of all casualties in the country (amounting to 3 062 child deaths). 5 June 2023 S/2023/363, This was the Secretary-Generals annual report on children and armed conflict. More than 24 000 grave violations against children were recorded by the United Nations in 20 countries. Secretary-Generals Reports, Return to full list. In 2018, killing and maiming of children reached record high levels since the creation of the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict.
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