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Call for wider protection for children caught in armed conflict

Call for wider protection for children caught in armed conflict

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Despite an ever-changing global security landscape, children continue to pay the highest price in wartime.

That was the message delivered by the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council on Tuesday.

Ban Ki-moon also reiterated his support for a UN report on children caught up in armed conflict which had raised objections among some observers.

Dianne Penn reports.

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