New Delhi (NVI): International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed globally on June 4, in order to protect and preserve the rights of children.
The day also acknowledges the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse.
In acknowledgement for this, the United Nations decided to commemorate June 4 as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
The whole thing came into existence on August 19, 1982, at an emergency special session on the question of Palestine, in which the UN General Assembly was appalled at the great number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children victims of the 1982 Lebanon War.
The UN highlights the six most common violations, these are recruitment and use of children in war, killing, sexual violence, abduction, attacks on schools and hospitals and denial of humanitarian access.
Whenever armed conflict breaks out, it is the most vulnerable members of societies – namely children, who are most affected by the consequences of war.
In recent years, the number of violations perpetrated against children has in many conflict zones increased. More than two million children have been killed in conflicts in the last two decades.
About 10 million child refugees are cared for by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
As child abuse is now in the spotlight of global attention, UN is working hard to help protect children around the world. One key factor is the process of international negotiation and action centered around the convention on the rights of the child.
Meanwhile, millions of individuals and organizations are working to protect and preserve the rights of children.
Apart from this, the UNICEF also works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
