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Children and Armed Conflicts - Key Reports Table (2019) Children and Armed Conflicts - Key Reports Table (2019) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Annual reports of the UN Secretary General to the Security Council (Index code) S/2000/712 S/2001/852 S/2002/1299 S/2003/1053 - S/2005/72 S/2006/826 S/2007/757 - S/2009/158 S/2010/181 S/2011/250 S/2012/261 S/2013/245 S/2014/339 S/2015/409 S/2016/360 S/2017/821 S/2018/465 Reports of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the General A/55/442 A/56/453 A/57/402 A/58/328 A/59/426 A/60/335 A/61/275 A/62/228 A/63/227 A/64/254 A/65/219 A/66/256 A/67/256 A/68/267 A/69/212 A/70/162 A/HRC/34/44 A/72/276 A/HRC/40/49 Assembly (Index code) Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces Afghan National Police RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU+ Factions N. Alliance Factions S. Afghanistan Haqqani network RU RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●KM ●KM Hezb-e-Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar RU RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●KM/SH ●KM KM/ Taliban forces RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A ● RU/KM/RS/SH ●KM/A/RS/SH/D SH/HS RU/KM Afghanistan Jamat Sunat al Dawa Salafia RU RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Tora Bora Front RU RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Latif Mansur Network RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2008/695 S/ 2010/ 564 S/2011/515 S/2015/336 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2009/1 S/AC.51/2011/3 S/AC.51/2016/1 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (24.10.2005) Concluding observations Government/FAB PALIPEHUTU/FNL RS CNDD/FDD Burundi Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/851 S/2007/686 S/2009/450 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2007/92 S/AC.51/2008/6 S/AC.51/2009/6 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (24.07.2010) Concluding observations Armée populaire pour la restauration de la République RS RU RU RU ●SH (APRD) (1) Forces démocratiques populaires de Centrafrique (FDPC) RU RU RU ●RU/KM ●RU/KM Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) A, RS RU/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS/A ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●RU/RS/A Mouvement des libérateurs centrafricains pour la justice RU RU RU RU ●KM (MLCJ) Self -defense militias (supported by the Government of the RU RU RU RU/KM RU/KM/RS CAR ) (2) Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix (CPJP) RU RU RU RU ●RU Front démocratique du peuple centrafricain (FDPC) RU ●SH●RU/D ●KM Central African Republic (CAR) Union des forces républicaines (UFR) RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●KM/RS ●RU/RS/D Union des forces démocratiques pour le RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RS●RU/D ●RU/RS/D Séléka Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix Coalition fondamentale RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RU/SH/D ●RU/D (CPJP fondamentale) Convention patriotique pour le salut du Kodro RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RS/D ●RU/D Local defence militias knows as the anti-balaka RU/KM/RS ●RU/RS/SH ●RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2009/66 S/2011/241 S/2012/365 S/2016/133 S/RES/2454 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2009/2 S/AC.51/2011/5 S/AC.51/2013/1 OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable. The country has yet to access the protocol. Concluding observations Janjaweed (Government of Sudan) National Army of Chad RS,H RU RU RU Chadian self-defence groups Sudanese groups Justice and Equality Movement RU RU RU backed by the government of Chad Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement (UFDD) Concorde nationale tchadienne (CNT) Chad Convention révolutionnaire démocratique du Tchad (CRDT) Direction Générale de la Sécurisation des services et des institutions de l’État (DGSSIE) Front uni pour le changement (FUC) Justice and Equality Movement RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2007/400 S/2008/532 S/2011/64 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/16 S/AC.51/2008/15 S/AC.51/2011/4 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (due on 28.09.2004) Concluding observations Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) – AUSC/AC/ACCU/ACMM/AM/ACSC/APB Ejército de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) KM/RS/SH RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/SH ●RU/RS/A FARC Ejército del Pueblo KM/A/RS/SH RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM ●RU+ Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Clan del Golfo, Colombia ●RU/RS/A AGC) Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2009/434 S/2012/171 S/2016/837 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2010/3 S/AC.51/2012/4 S/AC.51/2017/1 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/COL/1 Not yet submitted (due date unknown) Concluding observations CRC/C/OPAC/COL/CO/1 FANCI (government) MPJ FAFN (From 2005) MPIGO MPCI LIMA force supplétive FLGO Armed militias affiliated with the MILOCI Côte d’Ivoire presidential camp APWÉ UPRGO Forces de défense et de sécurité Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/835 S/2007/515 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2007/93 S/AC.51/2008/5 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (due date unknown) Concluding observations Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo RS/SH/H RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU+/KM/RS/D/SH (FARDC) FAPC Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda RU RU/RS RU RU/RS RU/RS/KM/SH/D RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH ●RU/KM ●RU/ SH FNI/ Lendu Militias RU RU/RS RU/RS Front de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FPRI) Ngiti RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH ●RU/RS/A ●KM/RS/A Hema Militia/UPC Hema Militia / PUSIC Patriotes Congolais pour la Paix (UPCP) Mayi Mayi SH/H RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU RU RU RU ●RU/SH "Lafontaine" (ex : PARECO) Mai Mai Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et RU RU RU RU ●RU souverain (APCLS) « Colonel Janvier » Mai Mai Simba « Morgan » RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS ●RU/KM ●RU Mai Mai « Tawimbi » RU ●RU Mai Mai Kata Katanga RU RU ●RU Mai Mai Nyatura RU RU/RS RU ●RU/RS ●KM Democratic Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) RU/RS RU/RS Republic of the Masunzu’s Forces Congo (DRC) MLC Mudundu -40 MRC/Nkunda/CMDP KM/SH RU/RS RU/RS Nduma Defence Coalition (NDC)/ Cheka RU/KM RU/SH RU/KM RCD -Goma RCD -National RCD -Kisangani/ML Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) KM/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS RU RU/A RU/KM/RS/A ●A Front populaire pour la justice au Congo (FPJC) RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS Raia Mutomboki RU/RS ●KM/RS/A Allied Democratic Forces/National Liberation Army of Uganda RU/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH ●KM/RS/A ●RU+/RS+ (ADF/NLAU) Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/389 S/2007/391 S/2008/693 S/2010/369 S/2014/453 S/2017/821 S/RES/2463 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2006/724 A/62/228 S/AC.51/2009/3 S/AC.51/2011/1 S/AC.51/2014/3 S/AC.51/2018/2 Not yet submitted (Due on 26.10.2012) OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/COD/1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 11.11.2001 Israeli Forces ●RU/KM/SH ●A/D/KM Israel and State Palestinian political actors ●KM/SH Of Palestine Other International resolutions CRC/C/OPAC/COD Concluding observations /CO/1 Al-Qaeda KM RU RU/RS RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH ●KM Iraq Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) KM KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●KM/RU/D/RS Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2011/366 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2011/6 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/IRQ/1 ISIL ●RU ●RU/A Hizbullah ●RU ●RU/A Lebanon Levant Liberation Organization ●A Other International resolutions Libyan National Army (LNA) ●A/KM/SH Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) Libya Special Detterrence Force ●D Other International resolutions Naxalities RU RU/KM/SH Jaish-i-Mohammed RU Hizbul Mujahideen RU India Lashkar-e-Tayyiba KM Other International resolutions CRC/C/OPAC/IRQ/ Concluding observations CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 24.06.2008 CO/1 Government/AFL LURD MODEL Liberia Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable.
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