...civilian infrastructure meant support them. Children have the right to and require special protection from violent conflict, and this protection is essential to allow conflict-affected communities a chance to survive and rebuild a sustainable peace.

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In 1996, Graca Machel published a ground-breaking study, commissioned by the United Nations, on The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. Her recommendations have led to significant improvement in policies and programmes to protect them, which include: the UN Security Council adopted five resolutions relating to the protection of children in armed conflicts, deeming this a matter of international peace and security; the United Nations appointed a Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict; and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) created the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict to respond to the need for better monitoring of and reporting on the impact of conflicts on children.

For many years, UN Member States and agencies and...

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