Explosions cannot be reversed in real life.
Join us in calling on governments to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
In conflicts around the world, thousands of children are losing their lives to explosive weapons.
Many more are living through unimaginable trauma.
Governments must commit to not using such weapons in populated areas and #ProtectChildrenInConflict .
Stop the killing.
Stop the injuries.
Stop the abductions.
Stop the sexual abuse.
Stop the attacks on schools.
Stop the attacks on hospitals.
Stop the denial of humanitarian aid.
#ProtectChildrenInConflict
โIf only we could turn back time to when no missiles flew around.โ
Antonina, 15, is using poetry to escape back to a more peaceful time in Ukraine.
#ProtectChildrenInConflict
As leaders meet in Oslo this month, we need concrete actions to #ProtectChildrenInConflict .
This is what they must do now.
Children bear the brunt of explosive weapons.
We need to #ProtectChildrenInConflict .
Join us in calling on countries to stop their use in populated areas.
#NotATarget
Attacks on children are attacks on their rights to survival, protection, education, their mental health, and their futures.
#ProtectChildrenInConflict
The Oslo conference this week provides an important moment to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and to help end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
Itโs a key step in safeguarding the rights of all children caught in conflict.
Saw Ban Sun from Myanmar was just 10 years old when he saw his friend die from a landmine.
The use of explosive weapons in populated areas takes a heavy toll on children.
Leaders must unequivocally #ProtectChildrenInConflict .
Explosions cannot be reversed in real life.
Join us in calling on governments to #ProtectChildrenInConflict and end the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.
UNICEF Nigeria
Our Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah lived through a brutal war as a child in Sierra Leone.
Today, heโs calling for increased efforts to protect the millions of children still trapped in conflict.
#ProtectChildrenInConflict