United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has dropped India from his annual report on the impact of armed conflict on children, citing “actions taken by governments to better protect children”. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his report last year that he welcomed the Indian government’s participation with his Special Representative and that India’s name could be removed from the report in future. In its 2023 report on children and armed conflict, the UN chief said India’s name has been removed from the 2023 report, considering the steps taken by the government to better protect children.
Secretary-General António Guterres called for a technical mission by the Office of his Special Representative to identify areas of cooperation for child protection in July 2022, and the government’s last November seven efforts to strengthen child protection in Jammu and Kashmir, with the participation of the United Nations. Highlighted the workshop organized in this regard.
In their recent report, they also called on India to implement the remaining measures as advised by its Special Representative and the United Nations. Guterres said these included training of the armed and security forces on child protection, the use of lethal and other force against children. ban on child abuse, stopping the use of ‘pellet guns’ and ensuring that children are detained only when there is no other way out and for the shortest possible period.
He also stressed on the implementation of measures to prevent all forms of custodial abuse and full implementation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, told reporters on Tuesday that “we have been working with India” in close cooperation over the past two years. India has decided to launch a program to deal with it, he said. He said that the country has indicated that it is ready to work in this direction and take such steps which will prove to be effective in the long run. That is why permission has been granted to remove the name of India from this report.
