which country is currently chairing working group on children and armed conflict

Cluster munitions used by Russia and Ukraine are harming civilians now and will leave bomblets behind that will continue to do so for many years.Russian forces have extensively used cluster munitions, causing many civilian deaths and serious injuries. Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions that caused deaths and serious injuries to civilians.The United Nations secretary-general also made public his concerns.įollowing the US announcement, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov presented five principles that he said the armed forces would respect upon receiving the cluster munitions: use them only in Ukraine not use them in “urban areas (cities)” but only “in the fields where there is a concentration of Russian military” keep a strict record of where the munitions were used conduct clearance activities after the de-occupation of the areas where the munitions were used and report to partners on the use of the munitions and their efficiency. He authorized the transfer of an unspecified number of cluster munitions that have a greater than one percent unexploded ordnance rate to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.Īs of July 10, leaders from at least eleven countries expressed concern over the decision: Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Laos, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Update: On June 7, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced that President Joe Biden had signed a “determination” that the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine was necessary for the national security interests of the United States. Each rocket delivers 30 9N210 or 9N235 submunitions. The carrier section of an 9M27K-series Uragan rocket that landed outside the home of a woman living on the left bank of the Siverskiy Donets River while Russian forces occupied the area in 2022.

Which country is currently chairing working group on children and armed conflict