Children and Conflict in a Changing World

To mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark United Nations report by Graça Machel, Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and UNICEF have co-convened a strategic review of the current situation faced by children in conflict situations.

At What Point Do We Think About the Children

As most of you, I have been following the devastating recent events in the Middle East. I am totally disgusted by both sides. I am most disgusted about the number of children who have lost their lives...the innocent, the babies. At what point does the world say enough, stop it. I don't see how anyone can condone the killing of innocent women and children. It is despicable.

To Israel, you move people from their homes, and place them in make shift slums; unable to travel freely, and are left to live like animals -- a plight that you should know all too well. Shame on you. To Hamas, you are cowards to hide behind the coattails of your women and children while they are being slaughtered like cattle. Shame on you as well.

You both hide behind the name of God; yet you do the work of evil. When you start using the innocent as pawns to obtain your victories, then I say you both should burn in hell, and may God have mercy on your souls.