In 2009, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict published it’s policy paper UN Security Council Resolution 1612 and Beyond: Strengthening Protection for Children and Armed Conflict. In it, Watchlist evaluated the use of the Toolkit of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, and the time it took the Working Group to negotiate country-specific conclusions.
This note provides an update on the Working Group’s toolkit usage and negotiation time, covering the period from 2006-2011.