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Children and Armed Conflict
The Security Council votes to refer Sudan to the ICC, the first such Security Council referral, on 31 March 2005. Credit: UN.
The Security Council holds a yearly debate on children and armed conflicts during which many states usually emphasize the importance of the ICC.
Government and Inter-governmental Documents
Author Title Date
UN Member States
 8811|8812
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 17 July 2008
UN Member States
 8046|8047
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 12 Feb 2008
UN Member States
 5346|5347
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 28 Nov 2006
UN Member States (SC)
 4708|4709
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Ministerial Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 24 July 2006
UN Member States (SC)
 4730|4731
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 23 Feb 2005
UN Member States (SC)
 4728|4729
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 20 Jan 2004
UN Member States (SC)
 4726|4727
Excerpts from the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 14 Jan 2003
NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements
Author Title Date
ICTJ
 19051|19052
Accountability for Crimes Against Children is Key to Peace and Security
 20 Sept 2012
CICC
 5446|5447
UN Action on Children and Armed Conflict: Current and Past Issues in the “Children and Armed Conflict” debate regarding the ICC
 July 2008
UN Reports, Resolutions, and Statements
Author Title Date
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict
 8935|8936
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict (refers to ICC in paragraph 3, 54)
 06 Aug 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8172|8173
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nepal (refers to ICC in paragraph 36)
 18 Apr 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8170|8171
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (refers to ICC in paragraphs 8, 12, 166)
 21 Dec 2007
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8168|8169
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Sudan (refers to ICC in paragraph 50)
 29 Aug 2007
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8166|8167
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Chad (refers to ICC in paragraph 18)
 03 July 2007
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8164|8165
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo (refers to ICC in paragraph 29)
 28 June 2007
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
 8162|8163
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Uganda (refers to ICC in paragraph 11)
 07 May 2007
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 5350|5351
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict (refers to ICC in paragraphs 35, 107)
 26 Oct 2006
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 4710|4711
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (refers to ICC in paragraphs 7, 33, 56)
 13 June 2006
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
 3308|3309
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (refers to ICC in paragraphs 11, 41, 57, 67; refers to the CICC in paragraph 25)
 07 Sept 2005
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 2693|2694
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
 09 Feb 2005
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 2612|2613
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
 10 Nov 2003
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
 1510|1511
Statement by Olara A. Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, before the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict
 14 Jan 2003
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 2548|2549
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
 26 Nov 2002
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 2451|2452
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
 19 July 2000