The State of Kuwait affirmed that the inability of the international community to address the Palestinian issue remains the biggest failure in the history of the United Nations in general and the Security Council in particular.
This came during the State of Kuwait’s statement delivered by First Secretary Fahad Muhammad Hajji at the Security Council’s open debate on “Children and Armed Conflict”.
“We are discussing today the annual report issued by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on children and armed conflict, with such regrettable and alarming information and figures”.
“While we are calling for the protection of civilians and children in armed conflicts, the report revealed a completely different realistic picture of what we call for”, he noted .
“The report revealed cases of children exploitation in wars and armed conflicts, and their exposure to kidnapping, rape, displacement and starvation, which destroy their innocence and rights to live in dignity”, Hajji added.
“Talking about children in armed conflict forces us again and again to address the suffering of the Palestinian people and their children, as the State of Kuwait renews its condemnation, in the strongest terms, of the Israeli occupation authorities’ violations in this regard”.
He also called for working to end conflicts, establish sustainable peace, implement Security Council resolutions, support UN efforts to protect children, and provide them with basic services and relief and humanitarian aid without obstacles or discrimination.
He affirmed the desire of the State of Kuwait to strengthen joint international efforts to address serious violations against children in armed conflicts in all their forms, provide them with effective protection, guarantee their legitimate rights, prevent further crimes against them, and hold the parties responsible for the breaches against them accountable.
Source: Kuwait News Agency