![]() ![]() As your report noted, the Coalition was responsible for killing and injuring at least 683 children during 2016.ĭespite the scale of violations, the Coalition was the only party to the armed conflict in Yemen listed in the newly-created Section B of Annex 1 among other “Listed parties that have put in place measures during the reporting period aimed at improving the protection of children.” Below is the full text of the open letter that Save the Children, together with 23 other civil society organisations, sent to UN Secretary-General António Guterres ahead of the publication of this year’s Children and Armed Conflict Annual Report.ĪN OPEN LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES:Īs organisations working to protect children in situations of war, we sincerely welcome your decision in 2017 to include the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition along with other violators in the annexes of your Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed (“Annual Report”) based on credible UN-verified evidence of violations against children in armed conflict. ![]()
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