July 25, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The number of children killed, injured or facing other grave violations in Sudan increased to a record high in 2023 as a devastating conflict paralyzed the country, the United Nations Secretary General said in a report calling for urgent global action to tackle the escalating crisis. The report, submitted to Security Council on the situation of children and armed conflict in the Sudan covers the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023. It mainly documents the effects of conflict on children in the Sudan, highlighting trends and patterns of grave violations such as recruitment and use of children, killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence against children, attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons in relation to schools and/or hospitals, abduction of children and the denial of humanitarian access. According to the UN report, at least 1,721 grave violations against occurred against children in 2023, a significant rise from the 306 cases recorded in 2022. Also documented in the annual report on children and armed conflict, included over 480 children killed, 764 maimed, and over 200 recruited into the conflict. At least 114 girls, the report noted, were …

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