S/RES/1882 (2009)
Convinced that the protection of children in armed conflict should be an
important aspect of any comprehensive strategy to resolve conflict,
Calling on all parties to armed conflicts to 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 their Additional Protocols of
1977,
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,
Stressing its determination to ensure respect for its resolutions and other
international obligations and applicable norms on the protection of children affected
by armed conflict,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 26 March 2009
(S/2009/158) and stressing that the present resolution does not seek to make any
legal determination as to whether situations which are referred to in the SecretaryGeneral’s report are or are not armed conflicts within the context of the Geneva
Conventions and the Additional Protocols thereto, nor does it prejudge the legal
status of the non-State parties involved in these situations,
Deeply concerned that children continue to account for a considerable number
of casualties resulting from killing and maiming in armed conflicts including as a
result of deliberate targeting, indiscriminate and excessive use of force,
indiscriminate use of landmines, cluster munitions and other weapons and use of
children as human shields and equally deeply concerned about the high incidence
and appalling levels of brutality of rape and other forms of sexual violence
committed against children, in the context of and associated with armed conflict
including the use or commissioning of rape and other forms of sexual violence in
some situations as a tactic of war,
Strongly condemns all violations of applicable international law
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involving the recruitment and use of children by parties to armed conflict as well as
their re-recruitment, killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence,
abductions, attacks against schools or hospitals and denial of humanitarian access by
parties to armed conflict and all other violations of international law committed
against children in situations of armed conflict;
Reaffirms that the monitoring and reporting mechanism will continue to
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be implemented in situations listed in the annexes to the reports of the SecretaryGeneral on children and armed conflict in line with the principles set out in
paragraph 2 of its resolution 1612 (2005) and that its establishment and
implementation shall not prejudge or imply a decision by the Security Council as to
whether or not to include a situation on its agenda;
Recalls paragraph 16 of its resolution 1379 (2001) and requests the
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Secretary-General also to include in the annexes to his reports on children and
armed conflict those parties to armed conflict that engage, in contravention of
applicable international law, in patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or
rape and other sexual violence against children, in situations of armed conflict,
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