62 > 62 >Ukrainian boy in a shelter in Kherson during shelling. UN Security Council: In 2024, the number of serious violations in relation to children increased by 25 percent Peace and safety According to the United Nations, last year there were 25 percent more serious violations against children than in 2023, which was also a record year. This was announced at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the issue of children and armed conflicts by Shima Saint Gupta, director of UNICEF on children’s protection. “I want to start with a simple painful truth,-she said. – The world is not able to protect children from the horrors of war. Thousands of children are killed and crippled, thousands – recruited, abducted, raped or devoid of humanitarian aid. Each violation of the rights of children in any country in the world is a moral failure. And each of them leaves scars, which may never be completely delayed. ”The representative of UNICEF noted two anxious trends. Firstly, explosive ammunition in populated areas are increasingly widely used in the world. This is currently the main reason for the death of children in many conflicts – more than 70 percent of all cases of murders and injury. “this weapon destroys houses, schools, hospitals and refuge-even when families are hiding inside, hoping that they will be spared,-continued Shima Gupta. -From the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Gaza and Myanmar, from Sudan to Ukraine and Lebanon, children continue to receive injuries or die not only in shootouts, but also because of bombing, shelling and explosive surveillance of warfare. 60 ~ p laang = “ru-RU” > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62The second problem, according to her, is a surge in sexual violence. In 2024, the number of confirmed cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence against children increased by 35 percent. “such crimes destroy human lives, said Shima Saint Gupta. -The survivors are faced not only with physical and psychological injuries, but also with condemnation, rejection, and sometimes with further violence. ”~ 60 > read Also: ~ 60 > UN report: a record level of violence in relation to children in conditions of children was recorded in 2024 Conflicts in 2024 11,967 children were killed or mutilated-most often as a result of an explosion of ammunition, cross-fire and anti-personnel mines. Such statistics in his speech were brought by the special representative of the UN Secretary General on the issue of children and armed conflicts of Virginia Gamba. & Amp; nbsp; 60 ~ p land = “ru-RU” > “There are many examples. – Nine Palestinian children between the ages of one to 16 were killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes at a school in which displaced families in the city of Gaza were hiding. In Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Israeli boy was shot dead by a Palestinian who opened fire on a bus near an Israeli settlement. Each child who has been killed or affected as a result of such attacks is the story of a stolen life, an interrupted dream, a future, abused by meaningless violence. ”