If confirmed, this would be the first time Israel added to ‘list of shame’

So far, the UN secretary-general’s office has not confirmed this (Israel’s addition to the global list of offenders for committing violations against children).

That could change now, though, in the coming minutes and even hours because we’re hearing out of Israel confirmation they have been put on this so-called ‘list of shame’.

This is an annual report that’s put out by the secretary-general looking at countries and different organisations and how they don’t protect children in armed conflict.

It’s called the “Children in Armed Conflict” report, actually, and this would be the first time Israel is put on this report. According to what we’re hearing it’s due to the war on Gaza, which the latest numbers are 14,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza, 12,000 injured.

Source: Gabriel Elizondo – Al Jazeera

Pakistani UN envoy says Israeli army’s blacklisting was expected

The Pakistani representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the UN adding Israel’s military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children.

Here is a summary of what he said:

Israel’s classification on the UN blacklist is expected and overdue.
Freezing Israel’s membership in the United Nations has been discussed among Muslim countries.
We condemn all countries that supply Israel with weapons even though they use them to kill in Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera

Explainer

Rights groups have condemned the dire toll Israel’s bombardment and siege of Gaza has had on Palestinian children across the enclave:

More than 15,500 children have been killed, according to the Gaza government media office.

UNICEF says nine in 10 Palestinian children in Gaza are living in “severe child food poverty, surviving on diets comprising two or fewer food groups per day – one of the highest percentages ever recorded”.
The World Health Organization says more than four in five Palestinian children in Gaza “did not eat for a whole day at least once in the three days” in advance of a recent food insecurity survey.
>Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) says thousands of Palestinian children have been critically injured and face “a lifetime of recovery to heal from the physical and psychological trauma”.

Source: Al Jazeera

UPDATE:

PA welcomes UN move to add Israel’s army to child-harm blacklist

A decision to add Israel’s military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children is “a step closer to holding Israel accountable for its crimes,” the Palestinian Authority president’s spokesperson said on Friday.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh made his comment to Reuters after Israel’s UN envoy said he had been officially notified of the decision by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to add the Israeli military to the list.

The list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that is due to be submitted to the Security Council on June 14.

Source: Al Jazeera

UPDATE

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has also hit out against the UN, saying Secretary-General Guterres made a “shameful” decision.

Katz warned in a social media post that including Israel on a so-called “blacklist” of countries accused of committing rights abuses against children in conflict zones “will have consequences for Israel’s relations with the UN”.

The shameful decision by the @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres to include the @IDF in the blacklist is an act of villainy. Guterres, who stood for a minute of silence in memory of Iran’s president who executed tens of thousands of innocents, will be remembered in history as…

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) June 7, 2024

Source: Al Jazeera

It’s called the “Children in Armed Conflict” report, actually, and this would be the first time Israel is put on this report. According to what we’re hearing it’s due to the war on Gaza, which the latest numbers are 14,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza, 12,000 injured.

The Pakistani representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the UN adding Israel’s military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children.

Freezing Israel’s membership in the United Nations has been discussed among Muslim countries.

More than 15,500 children have been killed, according to the Gaza government media office.

UNICEF says nine in 10 Palestinian children in Gaza are living in “severe child food poverty, surviving on diets comprising two or fewer food groups per day – one of the highest percentages ever recorded”.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh made his comment to Reuters after Israel’s UN envoy said he had been officially notified of the decision by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to add the Israeli military to the list.

The list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that is due to be submitted to the Security Council on June 14.

UPDATE

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has also hit out against the UN, saying Secretary-General Guterres made a “shameful” decision.

Katz warned in a social media post that including Israel on a so-called “blacklist” of countries accused of committing rights abuses against children in conflict zones “will have consequences for Israel’s relations with the UN”.