![]() ![]() Provisions on the prevention of the killing and maiming of children and on the protection of health and education facilities are also included in the Action Plan. ![]() Through this Action Plan, the Houthis commit to ending the recruitment and use of children including in support roles, identifying, and releasing children from their ranks within six months, and providing them with reintegration support. With this new Action Plan, all main parties to the conflict in Yemen have signed commitments to end and prevent grave violations against children. “The United Nations welcomes efforts by all parties to the conflict to end and prevent grave violations against children and this new commitment by the Houthis is a positive and encouraging step in that direction,” said the Special Representative. Virginia Gamba, signed the Action Plan in New York as a witness and welcomed this additional measure to reinforce the protection of Yemeni children who have suffered tremendously after seven years of destructive conflict. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. ![]() ![]() Voices for Children Affected by ConflictĪt the start of the welcomed nationwide truce by all parties to the conflict in Yemen which opens the door to addressing Yemen’s urgent humanitarian and economic needs and creates a genuine opportunity to restart Yemen’s political process, the Houthis (who call themselves Ansar Allah) have signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, the killing and maiming of children, and attacks on schools and hospitals as well as other grave violations.ACT TO PROTECT children affected by conflict.Virtual Summer School on Child Protection in Armed Conflict.Ratification status of the Optional Protocol.OPAC – Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. ![]()
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