SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2015, para. 53
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According to the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, on average more than 500,000 people die violently each year and 44 per cent of all violent deaths are from firearms. Most armed violence occurs in the context of crime or interpersonal conflict and 84 per cent of violent deaths occur in non conflict countries.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children