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Armed Conflict: Children

Commons · Question 63733 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rachel Gilmour

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a strategy on children and armed conflict.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 10 Jul 2025

The latest UN Secretary General's (UNSG) report on Children and Armed Conflict is shocking. It shows that children are being harmed and denied lifesaving aid on an unprecedented scale.As the UK made clear in our statement at the UN Security Council open d...