Strengthened efforts are necessary to fully implement the children and armed ...

Strengthened efforts are necessary to fully implement the children and armed conflict agenda. We must build upon the shared conviction that children should not be recruited as soldiers, or killed or maimed, or sexually abused or abducted. Their right to humanitarian assistance, education and health care must guaranteed, as our goal will never be truly realized until we have ended all violence against children. All efforts must aim to ensure that their rights are fully respected, in times of war as in times of peace.