Protection of Children Affected by Armed Conflicts

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 172Necessity of adopting effective measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of children throughout the world who are victims of especially difficult circumstances, including armed conflicts, published in 1994.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1994–1995

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/49/209

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1994A/RES/48/157Protection of children affected by armed conflicts

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What subjects does this mandate have?

15 topics

Child Nutrition Children in Armed Conflicts Conferences Experts Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Landmines Medical Treatment Recommendations Rehabilitation Report Preparation Rights of the Child Social Integration Standards Treaties

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 1994.

1994E/CN.4/1995/112Impact on children of armed conflict report of the Secretary-General.

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What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

Expresses grave concern about the tragic situation of children in many parts of the world as a result of armed conflicts;

Calls upon States fully to respect the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, as well as those of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which accord children affected by armed conflicts special protection and treatment;

Urges all Member States to continue seeking comprehensive improvement of the situation of children affected by armed conflicts with appropriate and concrete measures;

Requests bodies and organizations of the United Nations, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, within the scope of their respective mandates, to cooperate in order to ensure more effective action in addressing the problem of children affected by armed conflicts;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session a report on those concrete measures which have been taken, pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 above, to alleviate the situation of children in armed conflict;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its third session 4/ and the recommendations contained therein concerning the situation of children affected by armed conflict;

Requests the Secretary-General to appoint an expert, working in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat and the United Nations Children's Fund, to undertake a comprehensive study of this question, including the participation of children in armed conflict, as well as the relevance and adequacy of existing standards, and to make specific recommendations on ways and means of preventing children from being affected by armed conflicts and of improving the protection of children in armed conflicts and on measures to ensure effective protection of these children, including from indiscriminate use of all weapons of war, especially anti-personnel mines, and to promote their physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration, in particular, measures to ensure proper medical care and adequate nutrition, taking into account the recommendations by the World Conference on Human Rights and the Committee on the Rights of the Child;

Requests Member States and United Nations bodies and organizations, as well as other relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to contribute to the study requested in paragraph 7 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a progress report on the study to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session;

Invites the Commission on Human Rights to consider the study at its fifty-first session;

Decides to consider this question at its forty-ninth session under the item entitled "Necessity of adopting effective measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of children throughout the world who are victims of especially difficult circumstances, including armed conflicts".

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