{"id":18173,"date":"2025-12-17T20:10:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=18173"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:27:16","slug":"somalia-un-sign-agreement-to-strengthen-child-protection-in-conflict-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/12\/17\/somalia-un-sign-agreement-to-strengthen-child-protection-in-conflict-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia, UN sign agreement to strengthen child protection in conflict zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u200bMOGADISHU \u2014<\/strong> The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations signed today in Mogadishu the &#8220;2025 Implementation Guide,&#8221; a strategic framework aimed at enhancing protection measures for children affected by armed conflict and ensuring their safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to local press sources, the agreement was signed on behalf of the Somali government by H.E. Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, Minister of Defense, and for the United Nations by H.E. James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and H.E. Sandra Lattouf, UNICEF Representative. The plan seeks to institutionalize accountability within security agencies and place child protection at the forefront of national priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local press sources reported that this operational guide builds upon the progress achieved in recent years and reflects Mogadishu&#8217;s commitment to preventing grave violations against minors. It also underscores the commitment to working closely with international partners to secure the future of coming generations and provide a safe environment away from the repercussions of war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports cited by local press sources noted that the signing ceremony was attended by members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), which includes representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Internal Security, Justice, and Family and Human Rights, ensuring coordinated national efforts in implementing this strategic framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bMOGADISHU \u2014 The Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations signed today in Mogadishu the &#8220;2025 Implementation Guide,&#8221; a strategic framework aimed at enhancing protection measures for children affected by armed conflict and ensuring their safety. According to local press sources, the agreement was signed on behalf of the Somali government by H.E. Ahmed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18182,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18173\/revisions\/18182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}