Open debate in connection with "Reasserting international legal protections for children in armed conflict: strengthening the protection of education and the prevention of grave violations" under the agenda item "Children and armed conflict".
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/2026/357) Letter dated 12 June 2026 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2026/495). The agenda was adopted. Presidency: Colombia Briefer: Ms. Vanessa Frazier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Briefer: Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UNICEF Briefer: Mr. André Prospery Raymond, Country Director, Plan International Haiti Statements: All Council members Further statement: United States of America Statement: Canada (also on behalf of: Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict) Statements: Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Germany, Brazil Statement: Her Excellency Jainaba Jagne, Special Envoy for Children Affected by Armed Conflict, African Union The meeting was suspended. The meeting was resumed. Statements: Poland, India, Austria, Islamic Republic of Iran, Chile, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Portugal, Syrian Arab Republic Statement: Australia (also on behalf of: Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ)) Statements: Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia Statement: Observer State of Palestine Statements: Israel, Azerbaijan, Spain, Yemen, Japan, Cuba, Estonia Statement: Mr. Sebastian Rogač, Director-General for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia Statements: Mexico, Kuwait Statement: Her Excellency Hedda Samson, Chargée d'affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Statements: Belgium, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Algeria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Statement: Finland (also on behalf of: Nordic countries) The meeting was suspended. The meeting was resumed. Statements: Lebanon, Ireland, Malta, El Salvador, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Statement: Burkina Faso (also on behalf of: Alliance of Sahel States) Statements: Guatemala, Tajikistan, Uruguay, Angola, Morocco, Armenia, Czechia, Mali, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Iraq Statement: Trinidad and Tobago (also on behalf of: CARICOM) Statements: Montenegro, Georgia, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Jordan Statement: Observer State of the Holy See Statements: Myanmar, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Burundi, Malaysia, Cambodia
