Advocacy Resources – Watchlist

Joint NGO Statement on Yemen

In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council, nine international civil society organizations, including Watchlist, call on UN Member States to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in [...]

Open Letter to the Secretary-General on the 2020 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict

Advocacy Letters

June 22, 2020 – In an open letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 25 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, express their disappointment with [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Advocacy Letters

May 2020 – In a joint statement, 22 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including Watchlist, call on UN Member States to strengthen action to protect civilians in armed conflict. The statement [...]

Open Letter to the Secretary-General on Attacks Against Health Care in Yemen

Advocacy Letters

On May 15, 2020, a group of nongovernmental organizations wrote a public letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

Advocacy Letters

May 11, 2020 - In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined XX nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publish a [...]

Joint Letter to the UN Security Council on COVID-19 and Its Working Methods

Advocacy Letters

On April 17, 2020, Watchlist and 29 other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) wrote to the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, in its capacity as president of the [...]

Joint Statement on the Trump Administration’s New Landmine Policy

Advocacy Letters

In response to the January 31st announcement by the White House of the Department of Defense’s new landmine policy, we, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Trump Administration’s [...]

Open Letter Calling for a Complete and Accurate List of Perpetrators

Advocacy Letters

May 24, 2019 – In this open letter, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict joined 21 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to publish a [...]

Joint NGO Statement on the Protection of Civilians

Advocacy Letters

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council protection of civilians in armed conflict agenda, as well as the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Despite the important [...]