UNITED NATIONS, July 30 -- A UN report released Tuesday documented that the level of grave violations against children worldwide last year was on the raise.
The 2018 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict said that more than 24,000 grave violations against children were verified by the United Nations in 20 country situations.
Continued fighting between parties to conflict, new conflict dynamics and operational tactics, combined with widespread disregard for international law, had a devastating effect on children, it said.
While the number of violations attributed to non-State actors remained steady, there was an alarming increase in the number of violations attributed to State actors and to international forces in comparison with 2017.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "disheartened", said his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq. Apart from the verified violations, thousands of others were pending verification due to resources and access constraints.
Guterres is particularly appalled at the number of children killed or maimed in the 20 country situations on the Children and Armed Conflict agenda last year, which reached more than 12,000 boys and girls, an uNPRecedented level, said Haq.
"This is the highest number we have ever recorded since 2005 on this violation," Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba told the press.
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