insert_link World Violence against children in conflict reaches record high UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba. Photo: UNDP A United Nations annual report has verified a record 41,370 grave violations against children in armed conflict during 2024, marking a 25 percent rise from the previous year. These violations—including killings, maimings, abductions, recruitment for combat, sexual violence, and attacks on schools and hospitals—represent the highest toll since the monitoring mechanism was established. The UN Secretary-General’s Special […] today26 June, 2025