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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2016, para. 22
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- The right to education is a fundamental human right. It is key for the development of children, but also critical for peacebuilding, economic growth and sustainable development for society as a whole. In times of conflict, infringements of the right to education in the form of targeted attacks on and obstacles to safe access to schools, threats to children and teachers and the military use of schools have a negative impact reaching beyond the education sector alone. Moreover, education is often interrupted due to a general climate of fear and insecurity or because of the displacement of school children, teachers and school personnel. Not only is there a large financial cost to rebuilding schools, repairing infrastructure, replacing equipment and training new teachers, there is a significant individual and societal cost. The loss of educational opportunities owing to war has long-lasting effects on the social and economic development of a country, which in turn increases the likelihood of new cycles of violence and conflict.
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- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2014, para. 63
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- The Special Representative is particularly pleased to note the efforts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to increase access among refugees and internally displaced persons to education, even in the emergency phases of its operations. The UNHCR focus on access to education as a protection tool to prevent forced recruitment, sexual violence, child labour and early or forced marriages is a step in the right direction. With 51 million persons under its mandate, UNHCR has gone a long way, alongside host authorities, to ensure that education brings a brighter future for young people in difficult circumstances.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2016, para. 17
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- In regard to education, as the Secretary-General noted in his report on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (A/70/59), with millions of children currently out of school, the promise made by the General Assembly one year ago to leave no one behind in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals risks becoming a meaningless cliché. The Special Representative echoes the Secretary-General's message that primary education should be compulsory and available to all refugee children, and that educational opportunities should be expanded. In that regard, a key achievement of the World Humanitarian Summit was the launch of the Education Cannot Wait Fund. On 23 May 2016, the Special Representative attended an event by the Global Business Coalition for Education during which the private sector announced its intention to mobilize $100 million for the Fund in financial and in-kind contributions. The Special Representative encourages Member States and other partners to further support initiatives aimed at helping displaced children to rebuild their lives.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2014, para. 73
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- [Children’s access to education in times of armed conflict]: The Special Representative emphasizes the need to further coordinate efforts to restore schooling for children and rebuild education systems. She highlights the need to support countries affected by emergencies, including host countries, in order to ensure education for all, with a view to accommodating internally displaced persons and refugees in existing schools, by the provision of additional resources and innovative self-learning solutions to improve the access to quality education for every child in all circumstances.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
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SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2015, para. 22
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- Ensuring access to education and health care for children in conflict and for displaced children must be a priority. The General Assembly will be endorsing the sustainable development goals at its seventieth session. In the implementation of the goals, the Special Representative urges Member States to prioritize addressing the impact of conflict on the rights of children to education and health.
- Body
- Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
- Document type
- SRSG report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
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