UN envoy ‘aware of crimes committed against Palestinian children’

Press briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba at UN Headquarters [Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images]

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said on Monday that she is "aware of the daily crimes committed against Palestinian children." She is said to have expressed her anger with such crimes in a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki in Ramallah. Gamba affirmed her cooperation and coordination with the Palestinian Authority "to protect Palestinian children in light of the escalating Israeli violations and settlers' violence." She stressed that the essence of her work is to ensure the protection of children in conflict areas, and that, according to her legal mandate, she has the authority to visit conflict areas and hold meetings and talks with the parties in the regions to […] Source

You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Leave a Reply

Powered by WordPress | Designed by: Premium WordPress Themes | Thanks to Themes Gallery, Bromoney and Wordpress Themes