S/RES/2143 (2014)
United Nations
Security Council
Distr.: General
7 March 2014
Resolution 2143 (2014)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 7129th meeting, on
7 March 2014
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 1261 (1999) of 25 August 1999, 1314 (2000) of
11 August 2000, 1379 (2001) of 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 and 2068 (2012) of 19 September 2012,
and the Statements of its President on 24 July 2006 (S/PRST/2006/33),
28 November 2006 (S/PRST/2006/48), 12 February 2008 (S/PRST/2008/6), 17 July
2008 (S/PRST/2008/28), 29 April 2009 (S/PRST/2009/9), 16 June 2010
(S/PRST/2010/10) and 17 June 2013 (S/PRST/2013/8), which contribute to a
comprehensive framework for addressing the protection of children affected by
armed conflict,
Acknowledging that its resolutions 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009), 1998 (2011) and
2068 (2012) and the Statements of its President 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 United Nations 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 12 August 1949 and their Additional Protocols of
1977,
Noting that Article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes
the right of the child to education and sets forth obligations for State parties to the
Convention, with a view to progressively achieving this right on the basis of equal
opportunity,
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