Chinese permanent representatives of the United Nations call on the international community to protect children not to leave blank

Xinhua News Agency, the United Nations, July 19th. The Chinese permanent representative of the United Nations Zhang Jun said on the 19th of the public debate in the Security Council ’s and armed conflict issues that the protection of children in the international community should not leave blank and must give the perpetrators who seriously infringe their children. Severe punishment.

Zhang Jun said that the best way to protect children in conflict is to end the conflict. The Security Council should do its best to stop the war, resolve the political solution, and let the children who are deeply conflicted see the dawn of peace as soon as possible. At the same time, it is necessary to designate the boundary and protect children, and it must not allow violent conflict to trample on the basic rights of children. It is necessary to stop serious violations of children. The international community's protection of children should not be blank, and countries that have not yet approved the Convention on Children's Rights should take action immediately. The perpetrators who seriously infringe on children should be held accountable. Recently, there are media reports that foreign special forces have killed civilians in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011, and even launched a "killing competition". There are many children of the victims. This atrocities are shocking. The perpetrators should also be severely punished.

Zhang Jun pointed out that there is no difference in protection for all children. What is concerned is that in the border refugee detention center of some countries, thousands of refugee children are forced to withstand rampant diseases, unclean foods, and forced separation with parents. Other refugee children were deported and repatriated, and they had to struggle to survive in violence, poverty and displacement. Children related to the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria are all victims. The Chinese party agreed with the United Nations Secretary -General's call to give these children the right to voluntarily repatriate.

Zhang Jun said to provide children with comprehensive development opportunities. Under the global grain, energy, and financial crisis, children in conflicts need more help than ever, and reducing development aid is tantamount to weakening the protection of children. Individual countries freeze and misappropriation of Afghanistan's overseas assets at the time of difficulties, which is the hope of depriving children to survive. Small and unilateral coercive measures are applied to make children and other most vulnerable groups pay the most heavier costs, which must be corrected.

Zhang Jun said that the annual report of the United Nations Secretary -General and its name and division mechanism are indicator of the protection status of children in the conflict. It should establish a clear, unified, and measurable list name standard. The Security Council set up a working group to take the same frequency of review on different countries in the agenda. The same country's conclusion release cycle should be used to avoid selective attention based on political stance.

【Edit: Fangjialiang】

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