Launch Event | Working Paper on the Collaboration between UN Peacekeeping Missions and Child Protection Actors in the Prevention of Child Recruitment, the Release, and the Reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Forces & Armed Groups

Grounded in the Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers, the Working Paper examines the collaboration between UN peacekeeping missions and child protection actors in the prevention of child recruitment, the identification and release, and the reintegration of children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG). 

The Working Paper is based on the findings of a study carried out in three countries, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and South Sudan. This project is funded by Global Affairs Canada and led by the CAAFAG task force of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) with leadership from Plan International and UNICEF.

This webinar will be held in English with interpretation in Arabic and Spanish. 

Moderator: Katherine Cocco, UNICEF – Senior Child Protection Specialist

Opening Remarks: 

• Hani Mansourian, UNICEF – Director of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
• Yvonne Agengo, IRC – Child Protection Global Practice Lead

Panelists: 

• Sandra Maignant, Plan International – CAAFAG Advisor at and Co-lead of the CAAFAG Task Force 
• Valentina Falco, United Nations Department of Peace Operations – Child Protection Team Leader

We look forward to your participation.