We are concerned that children with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are particularly at risk.Įxplosive weapons and remnants of war in populated areas seriously jeopardize children’s immediate and long-term physical and psychosocial health, safety, welfare and development.
These deliberate attacks against civilian facilities and infrastructure have left hundreds of thousands of people without access to basic services. Countless more have been severely traumatized.Īttacks against schools and hospitals constitute one of the six grave violations committed against children during armed conflict. The UN reports that, since 24 February 2022, at least 75 children have been killed and 99 children have been wounded. We are deeply alarmed by the targeted attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation against children’s homes and schools as well as hospitals and orphanages, including the recent horrific attack on a hospital with maternity and children's wards in the city of Mariupol on 9 March 2022. UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell has already highlighted the unconscionable impact the conflict is having on Ukraine’s children in her briefing to the UN Security Council on 7 March 2022. The members of the Group of Friends of Children and the SDGs, whose fundamental tenet is to act as champions and to advocate for the rights, lives, and well-being of all children, everywhere, and aligning countries, deplore in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and express our grave concern about its impact on all children in Ukraine.
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