US EditionUN: Violence against children in conflict reached ‘unprecedented levels’ in 2024, with Gaza worst
- On June 19, 2025, the United Nations released its annual report stating that violence against children in armed conflicts reached unprecedented levels worldwide in 2024.
- This surge followed a pattern including the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, and ongoing hostilities in the Palestinian territories where violations mainly involved Israeli forces.
- In 2024, a United Nations report documented a total of 41,370 serious violations against children across approximately 20 conflict zones, with over 8,500 incidents occurring in the Palestinian territories. This represents a 25 percent increase in such violations worldwide compared to the previous year.
- Virginia Gamba, the UN special representative for children and armed conflict, highlighted that over twenty-two thousand children, who should be engaged in education and play, are instead enduring the hardships of living amid gunfire and bombings—a situation that demands urgent attention from all of us.
- The implications include an urgent call for Israel to comply with international law protecting children and civilian sites, while the UN’s blacklist expanded to include armed groups and gangs in Haiti and Colombia contributing to violations.
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi believes it is necessary to cease military action in Iran so that Tehran can allow inspectors into nuclear sites.
Atomic energy director: ‘Let us not allow the window to close on diplomacy’
In an address to the United Nations Security Council on the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi described the damage at the targeted sites. He also issued a stark warning for diplomacy to continue amid the threat of nuclear capabilities.
Violence, Destruction Could Reach 'unthinkable Levels' if Diplomacy Fails: IAEA Chief
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Sunday that the US attacks on three Iranian nuclear sites threaten a widening of the Israel-Iran conflict but also offer a return to diplomacy. World News | Violence, Destruction Could Reach 'unthinkable Levels' if Diplomacy Fails: IAEA Chief.
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