SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2016, para. 5
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While extreme violence is not a new phenomenon, with similar acts committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and the atrocities perpetrated in Liberia and Sierra Leone still in recent memory, the increasing cross-border aspect of the violence has created additional challenges for those trying to formulate well-calibrated responses. Unfortunately, in a number of situations, the regional or international response to the threats have posed additional child protection challenges.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict