The UN Secretary-General continues to oppose the inclusion of the Israeli army on the list of child rights violators in the conflict zones.
In a report on governments and armed groups violating the rights of children in the conflict areas, the UN Secretary-General called on the Israeli authorities to review and strengthen measures to prevent the excessive use of force and to ensure that no force is used except when necessary and to reduce army operations on children and guarantee punishment in all cases where children are killed.
Guttierez also decided not to blacklist Israeli Army governments and groups for violating children’s rights in the affected areas, but blamed the military for most of the major child abuses in 2020 in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
In the report, Guterres called on the Zionist regime to investigate cases in which it used weapons.
Guterres also called for an end to the administrative detention of children and for the prevention of any ill-treatment during detention or attempts to recruit children.
Guttierez’s report states: The United Nations has investigated 30 attacks by Israeli forces and settlers on schools and hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank.
Guttierez also blacklisted Ansarullah in a “blacklist” in his report, while refusing to include Saudi Arabia.
Guttierez also blacklisted the Myanmar military for violating children’s rights in the region.
The Syrian army is also on the “black list” in this report.
The report emphasizes: Despite the decline in child rights violations compared to 2019, the United Nations continues to express concern about the number of children killed or maimed for using weapons during law enforcement operations.