S/RES/2225 (2015)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
18 June 2015
Resolution 2225 (2015)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 7466th meeting, on
18 June 2015
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1314 (2000) of
11 August 2000, 1379 (2001) or 20 November 2001, 1460 (2003) of 30 January
2003, 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009) of
4 August 2009, 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011, 2068 (2012) of 19 September 2012,
2143 (2014) of 7 March 2014, and all relevant Statements of its President, which
contribute to a comprehensive framework for addressing the protection of children
affected by armed conflict,
Reiterating its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security and, in this connection, its commitment to address the
widespread impact of armed conflict on children,
Acknowledging that its resolutions, their implementation and the Statements of
its President on children and armed conflict as well as the conclusions of the
Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict have generated
progress in preventing and responding to violations and abuses committed against
children, in particular in the demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration of
thousands of children, the signing of action plans between parties to armed conflict
and the delisting of parties to conflict from the Annexes to the Secretary -General’s
annual report,
Remaining however deeply concerned over the lack of progress on the ground
in some situations of concern, where parties to conflict continue to violate with
impunity the relevant provisions of applicable international law relating to the rights
and protection of children in armed conflict,
Recalling that all parties to armed conflict must comply strictly with the
obligations applicable to them under international law for the protection of children
in armed conflict, including those contained in the Convention on the Rights of the
Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of Children in armed conflict, as
well as the Geneva Conventions of 12th August 1949 and the Additional Protocols
of 1977,
Convinced that the protection of children in armed conflict should be an
important aspect of any comprehensive strategy to resolve conflict and build peace
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