The Security Council today demanded that parties to armed conflict which commit grave abuses against children, including those who recruit and use children, kill and maim, commit sexual violence or attack schools and hospitals, immediately halt such practices and take special measures to protect children.
At its meeting on the issue of children and armed conflict, the Council also expressed deep concern that certain perpetrators "persist in committing violations and abuses against children in situations of armed conflict in open disregard of its resolutions on the matter," in a resolution adopted by a vote of 11 in favour with four abstentions. The Council members which abstained werViolations continue to be committed against children, the number of persistent perpetrators has increased, and many new challenges have arisen.e Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan and Russia.
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