![]() His report gave a grim picture of the global situation of children caught in armed conflicts with grave violations increasing last year to 27,180 compared to 2021 when 23,982 instances were recorded. He noted that the Indian government had held with UN participation a workshop last year in Kashmir on strengthening child protection. He said that the special representative’s office had sent a technical mission to identify areas of cooperation for child protection. In his latest report that delists India, Guterres said, “I welcomed the engagement of the government of India with my Special Representative" Virginia Gamba to protect children. Guterres’s report last year had mentioned “grave violations” in India by both terrorist groups and government forces and the recruitment of children by Kashmir-based terror organisations.Īnd earlier reports had also mentioned the recruitment of children by Naxalites, left wing extremists. “In view of the measures taken by the Government to better protect children, India has been removed from the report in 2023” on Children and Armed Conflicts (CAAC), he wrote in the report released on Tuesday.īut separately his CAAC report noted that there were five child casualties fromcross-border shelling from Pakistan last year. However, it has pulled up Pakistan for “grave violations” against children. ![]() United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has removed India from the list of countries that need attention over the impact of armed conflicts on children. ![]()
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