Crucial to impactful action to protect conflict-affected children is both awareness by our own forces and experts and the full integration of child protection in our work with partners. NATO is also considering avenues to strengthen its policy framework on children and armed conflict in light of lessons learned in the near future.Ī key measure of any successful policy, however, is its impact on the ground where children are in harm’s way. This was given concrete structure with the adoption by the North Atlantic Council of the “Protection of Children in Armed Conflict – Way Forward” in 2015 and has been reaffirmed by the Alliance in its most recent 2018 Brussels Summit. NATO has mainstreamed child protection into its work since the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago with a view toward practical field-oriented measures to address conflict-related violations against children. NATO has long recognised that protecting children in armed conflict is an important aspect of any comprehensive strategy to resolve conflict, and a key component of durable peace and security. I would like to recognize the considerable and impactful work of the Security Council through its Working on Group on Children and Armed Conflict over the years and note that much has been achieved. I thank you for the opportunity to address the Security Council on the occasion of this Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict.
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