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The Security Council should:ĭemand that all armed groups, in particular the ELN and FARC-EP dissidents, immediately release all children under 18 from their ranks and end all child recruitment, use, and abductions

He also expressed concern about the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups and the increase in killing and maiming of children in response, he called for continued demining and risk reduction education and strengthened prevention and response for sexual violence. In his latest annual report on CAAC, the SG called on the Government to allocate adequate resources to implement its national action plan to prevent the recruitment and use of children and sexual violence against children and the “Súmate por mí” program to prevent child recruitment and use by armed groups, including in indigenous and AfroColombian communities. According to the SG’s June periodic report (S/2021/603), the Technical Working Group on Children of the National Reintegration Council has been reactivated and is meeting to address challenges related to security and protection concerns. In May, the Security Council expanded the mission’s mandate to include monitoring implementation of sentences handed down by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Jurisdicción especial para la paz), which was established by the 2016 peace agreement. In October, the mandate of the UN Verification Mission for Colombia is up for renewal, pursuant to SCR 2574 (2021).

The Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) is listed in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s (SG) 2021 annual report (S/2021/437) on children and armed conflict (CAAC) for recruitment and use.

Colombia international community solving children and armed conflict