A/68/267
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 August 2013
Original: English
Sixty-eighth session
Item 65 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of the rights of children:
promotion and protection of the rights of children
Report of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Summary
The present report is submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to its
resolution 67/152 on the rights of the child, in which it requested the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to submit a
report to the Assembly on the activities undertaken in fulfilment of the mandate and
on the progress achieved in advancing the children and armed conflict agenda.
The report covers the period from August 2012 to July 2013. It describes
trends, selected issues of concern and progress made over the past year at both the
policy and operational levels, including on the mainstreaming of child protection
issues within the United Nations system.
The report also provides information on field visits of
Representative, on her engagement with regional organizations and
partners and on dialogue with parties to conflict. It outlines a number of
the way forward and concludes with a set of recommendations to
protection of children affected by conflict.
* A/68/150.
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