Days after the UN Secretary General’s report on ‘Children and Armed Conflict’ mentioned India, New Delhi has expressed concern that the report includes situations that are “not situations of armed conflict” or threats to maintenance of international peace and security.
The report released last week mentions the situation in India under the category “Situations not on the agenda of the Security Council or other situations”.
Addressing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) high-level open debate on Children and Armed Conflict on July 19, Charge d'affaires at India's Permanent Mission to the UN Ambassador R. Ravindra said, “We must be cautious as attempts to selectively expand the mandate will only politicise its agenda. It would distract us and even divert our attention from real threats to international peace and security and children in armed conflict.”
