These recorded deaths and injuries represent only a fraction of the true figure of the actual numbers yet to be disclosed. In a recent report by OHCHR on civilian casualty, 256 boys, and 201 girls, as well as 31 children whose sex is yet unknown have been killed and many hundreds more injured. ![]() As a unique feature of the Children and Armed Conflict agenda, listing perpetrators of grave violations is crucial to establishing a formal Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism, initiating formal Action Plans to protect children, and contributing to an end to impunity. Now, as the first opportunity approaches for the Secretary-General to detail and attribute grave violations of children’s rights in Ukraine in his annual report, World Vision urges evidence-based reporting and complete, accurate listing of all perpetrators. In light of UN reports on violations of children’s rights and protection concerns, World Vision welcomed the inclusion of Ukraine as a Situation of Concern under the Children and Armed Conflict agenda by the UN Secretary General in 2022. ![]() June 18 2023: As the armed conflict in Ukraine continues with no immediate end in sight, the toll on the lives of girls, boys and their families continue to be devastating.
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