Resolution nº S/RES/2225 (2015) of the United Nations Security Council

• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2225 (2 015)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

18 J une 2015

15-1005 1 (E) 180615

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Resolution 2225 (2015)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 7466 th mee ting, on

18 Jun e 2015

The S ecurity Counci l,

Reaf firm ing it s r esolutio ns 1261 (199 9) of 25 August 199 9, 1314 (200 0) of

11 August 20 00, 1379 (20 01) or 20 Nove mber 2001, 1 460 (2003) o f 3 0 January

2003 , 153 9 (20 04) o f 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005 ) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009) of

4 August 2009, 199 8 (2 011) of 1 2 Ju ly 2 011, 2 068 (2012) of 19 Septemb er 2 012,

2143 (20 14) of 7 Ma rch 2014, and all relev ant Stateme nts o f it s Pr esident, wh ich

cont ribute to a comp rehensi ve fr amework for addre ssing the protecti on o f chil dren

affec ted by a rmed co nflict,

Reit erati ng its prima ry res ponsibil ity fo r the maint enance of interna tional

peac e and s ecurity and, in t his con nection, its co mmitmen t to ad dress th e

wide spread i mpact o f armed conflic t on chi ldren,

Ackn owle dgin g that its resolu tions, t heir im plement ation a nd the State ments of

its Presid ent on childr en and armed confli ct as well a s the c onclusio ns of the

Secu rity Counci l Worki ng Group on Childr en and Ar med Confli ct h ave generat ed

prog ress in p reventi ng a nd r espondi ng to vio lations and abu ses committ ed a gainst

child ren, i n parti cular i n the demo bilizati on, reh abilitat ion and reint egration of

thou sands of chil dren, the si gning of act ion pla ns bet ween parties to ar med co nflict

and the delistin g of partie s to confli ct fro m the Annexe s to the Secreta ry-Gen eral’s

annua l repor t,

Rema inin g however deepl y conc erned o ver th e lack of p rogress on th e grou nd

in som e situatio ns of conce rn, where p arties to c onflict co ntinue to v iolate wi th

impu nity the relevan t provi sions o f applic able int ernation al law relating to the rights

and protecti on of ch ildren i n armed conflic t,

Reca llin g t hat all parti es to a rmed c onflict must compl y stric tly wit h the

obli gations applica ble to them under internat ional l aw for the p rotecti on of childre n

in armed conflic t, incl uding those contain ed in the C onven tion o n the Rights of the

Chil d and it s Optio nal Pro tocol on the in volveme nt of C hildren in arme d confl ict, as

well as the Geneva Conve ntions of 1 2th Au gust 1949 and th e Addi tional Protoc ols

of 19 77,

Conv inced t hat the prote ction o f childr en in armed confl ict sho uld be an

impo rtant aspect of a ny co mprehens ive s trategy to r esolve confli ct an d buil d peac e