India has expressed concern on the rising number of children recruited and involved in terrorism-related activities, terming it as a “dangerous and worrying trend” and asked UN member states to demonstrate “greater political will” to hold the perpetrators of terrorism and their sponsors to account and also fulfil the Security Council’s child protection obligations.
Addressing the UNSC high-level open debate on Children and Armed Conflict on Tuesday, Charge d’affaires at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Ambassador R Ravindra said school closures due to the pandemic have been misused by terrorist groups to target children, including through online avenues, for radicalisation and indoctrination in violent extremist ideologies.
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Source: NDTV News