AOAV data show that the US-led war against Iran has inflicted a rapid and devastating toll on children, with at least 212 killed largely due to systemic human and intelligence failures exemplified by the catastrophic Minab school strike.

This final plenary at NDM-UN28 highlighted how accurate and disaggregated casualty recording is essential to evidence-based, lifesaving, and rights-driven mine action responses.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell reports that one year after the escalation of the war in Ukraine, children have been significantly impacted, with violence, fear, loss, and tragedy disrupting every aspect of their lives.