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The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a historic resolution aimed at curbing violence against children using digital technologies in the context of armed conflicts.
The text of the resolution, which calls on parties to conflicts to refrain from using social media, gaming platforms, and messaging services to recruit children, includes a series of proposals for member states.
These states are specifically requested to "take measures within their national systems to protect children, with the aim of reducing the risks of using digital technologies to commit acts of violence against them or exacerbating them, as well as establishing mechanisms for reporting these violations and providing support to victims."
These countries are invited to invest in remote learning facilities, digital skills, and education.
The resolution also calls for "supporting developing countries and assisting them in strengthening their capabilities, with the aim of reducing the digital divide between and within regions."
Greek Ambassador Aglaia Balta, who chairs the Security Council and sponsored the text, said, "This resolution strengthens our collective response to threats that are evolving at a pace that matches the speed of the technologies that support them."
She pointed out that parties involved in armed conflicts are "adapting their methods" to the evolution of digital technology. She said, "If we do not adapt our methods, the gap between existing frameworks and emerging threats will widen, leaving children more vulnerable."
Although the vote was unanimous, the United States, Russia, China, and Somalia later expressed reservations about the resolution.
In 2025, the United Nations recorded 38,558 "grave violations" against 24,174 children in armed conflicts, an unprecedented level.
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