British photographer Paddy Dowling shines a light on the lives of children amid conflict in his latest exhibition in collaboration with 🇺🇳Children and Armed Conflict 📍 #ACTtoProtect.
“Do not look away from the images...Because they are counting on you to do something”👇
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BozarBrussels

The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan.

Half of the country’s population needs lifesaving assistance.

But they need more than humanitarian support.

They need an end to the bloodshed.

They need peace.

The only path out of this horror is a political solution.

📢You still have until 28 April to visit the photo exhibition “From Despair to Hope”. Available BozarBrussels until 28 April. Free entrance.

Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 @EuropeanCommission
#FromDespairToHope #EU2024BE

Les opérations de maintien de la paix d'Nations Unies (ONU) ont contribué à la libération de 100 000 enfants des groupes armés depuis 2001, mais il reste beaucoup à faire:
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UNMISS, MINUSCA, MONUSCO, Children and Armed Conflict 📍 #ACTtoProtect
#PeaceBegins

In its speed, scale and inhumane ferocity, the war in Gaza is the deadliest of conflicts – for civilians, aid workers, journalists, health workers, and for our United Nations colleagues.

We honour all those who have been killed, and pledge to remember their commitment & sacrifice.

When the gates to aid are closed, the doors to starvation are opened.

Children in Gaza today are dying for lack of food and water.

This is incomprehensible, and entirely avoidable.

Some 196 humanitarian aid workers – including 175+ members of our own United Nations staff – have been killed.
The vast majority were serving United NationsRWA. Others include colleagues from World Health Organization (WHO) & World Food Programme – as well as MSF International , PRCS, & just a few days ago World Central Kitchen - António Guterres

Six months on, we are at the brink: of mass starvation; regional conflagration; a total loss of faith in global standards and norms.
It’s time to step back from that brink – to silence the guns – to ease the horrible suffering - & stop a potential famine before it is too late.