(New York) - Armed forces and non-state armed groups should immediately stop targeting schools, teachers and students for attack and comply with new United Nations Security Council measures to protect education in armed conflict, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) said today.
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July 12, 2011
July 12, 2011
New York, 12 July 2011 – During the annual Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution expanding the criteria for listing parties to conflict in the Secretary-General’s annual report. The criteria now include parties who attack schools and hospitals.
July 12, 2011
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, in New York, 12 July:
I thank Germany for organizing this open debate, and I thank the Council for its sustained commitment to the protection of children affected by armed conflict. I would like to particularly thank the Foreign Minister of Germany for taking time to chair this meeting and I thank [him] for [his] leadership.
July 01, 2011
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack held its official launch on 21 June, 2011 with sponsorship from the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and the support of the Institute of International Education.
June 26, 2011
On the same day that three students were killed in raids by Syrian security forces on university dormitories in Damascus, a global coalition of UN, education and human rights agencies was launched last week to defend schools and universities against the growing threat of violent political and military attacks.
June 24, 2011
I am concerned by the increasing trend of attacks against schools and hospitals, and I encourage the Security Council to further ensure that such facilities remain protected. –UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, May 2011[1]
June 23, 2011
BEOUA, Côte d’Ivoire, 24 June 2011 – “We arrived at school at 7:30 a.m. as we always do on a school day. At exactly 8:30 we could hear shooting coming from the direction of a neighbouring village...
