The International
Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is a United Nations observance
each 4 June.
In 1997 The General Assembly adopted the 51/77 Resolution on the Rights of the
Child. It was established on 19 August 1982.
History:
Originally focused on victims of the 1982 Lebanon War. A
large number of innocent Lebanese and Palestinian children being the victims of
the aggression acts by Israel’s. So, at its special emergency session on 19 August 1982, the
members of the General Assembly of Palestine was shocked. Therefore, the
assembly decided to celebrate 4th June as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of
Aggression under the resolution ES-7/8.
UN’s purpose expanded to acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout
the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse. This day
affirms the UN’s commitment to protect the rights of children. It was a
landmark development in efforts to improve the protection of children in
conflict situations.
In recent years, the number of violations
perpetrated against children have, in many conflict zones, increased. More
needs to be done to protect the 250
million children living in countries and areas affected by
conflict. More must be done to protect children from targeting by violent
extremists, to promote international
humanitarian and human rights law, and to ensure accountability
for violations of the rights of children.
2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development:
The 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development provides us with the
universal masterplan to secure
a better future for children. The new agenda included for
the first time a
specific target to end all forms of violence against
children, and ending the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children are
mainstreamed across several other violence-related targets.
