Associate Vice President at Save the Children Gregory Ramm (right) and the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Yoka Brandt (left) at the Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe][/caption]From Syria to Mali to the Central African Republic, children continue to pay a heavy toll in conflict, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.

Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, presented her latest report to Council members, which covers the period from January to December 2012.

Dianne Penn reports.

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