'Ultimately, children living through war will only be safe when parties to conflict take concrete action to protect them and stop committing grave violations,' says unicefchief.
"Ultimately, children living through war will only be safe when parties to conflict take concrete action to protect them and stop committing grave violations."As a year in which millions of youth were caught up in armed conflicts around the world came to a close Friday, the United Nations Children's Fund warned that"grave violations against children" are on the rise and called on all offending parties to work for a more peaceful 2022.
Over the past 16 years, UNICEF has verified over 266,000 grave violations against children in over 30 conflicts in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. in a statement."Children are suffering, and children are dying because of this callousness. Every effort should be made to keep these children safe from harm."From Afghanistan to Yemen, and Syria to northern Ethiopia, thousands of children paid a devastating price as armed conflict, inter-communal violence, and insecurity continued.