A/75/203
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 July 2020
Original: English
Seventy-fifth session
Item 68 (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
74/133 on the rights of the child, in which it requested the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports
to the Assembly on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate and on
the progress achieved in advancing the children and armed conflict agenda. In the
report, which covers the period from August 2019 to July 2020, the Special
Representative describes trends, issues of concern and progress made, including the
mainstreaming of child protection issues within the United Nations system. She also
provides information on the field visits of the Speci al Representative and her vision,
including her engagement with regional and subregional organizations and
international partners. She outlines a number of challenges and priorities in the
children and armed conflict agenda and concludes with a set of reco mmendations to
enhance the protection of children affected by armed conflict.
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