UN Security Council
Resolution 1882
Date4 August 2009
Meeting no.6,132
CodeS/RES/1873 (Document)
SubjectChildren and armed conflict
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1882 was unanimously adopted on 4 August 2009.

Resolution

Parties to armed conflict engaging in patterns of "killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children" must also be listed in the Secretary-General's reports on children in armed conflict, according to resolution 1882 (2009), adopted unanimously by the Security Council.[1]

The Council action was the culmination of a day-long debate on 29 April during which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the 15-nation body to "strike a blow against... impunity" by, at a minimum, expanding its criteria to include on the “list of shame", parties committing rape and other serious sexual violence against children during armed conflict.[2]

Before the vote, only state and non-state parties that had recruited child soldiers or used children in situations of armed conflict were explicitly named, the so-called list of shame, in annexes to the Secretary-General's annual report on the implementation of resolution 1612 (2005), which established a Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism and set up a working group on Children and Armed Conflict.[3]

The reports cover compliance and progress in ending six grave violations: the recruitment and use of children; killing and maiming of children; rape and other grave sexual violence; abductions; attacks on schools and hospitals; and denial of humanitarian access to children. Document S/2009/158 lists 56 such parties, including 19 persistent violators who have been listed for more than four years.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rashid, Norul Mohamed. "Security Council resolution 1882 (2009) on Children and armed conflict". United Nations and the Rule of Law. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  2. ↑ "Parties Killing, Maiming or Raping Children Will Be Named in Secretary-General's 'List of Shame' Annex to Report on Children in Armed Conflict | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  3. ↑ "UN SC reaffirms commitment to address widespread impact of armed conflict on children, after hearing over 60 speakers in day-long debate - Afghanistan". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  4. ↑ "parties killing, maiming or raping children will be named in Secretary-General's 'list of shame' annex to report on children in armed conflict". United Nations. August 4, 2009.
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