UN launches guidance note on reporting of children abductions

Abducted children, and especially girls, are often targeted on their way to or while at school. [iStockphoto]

The UN office working on behalf of children caught up in armed conflicts has launched a guidance note to strengthen the monitoring and reporting on the abduction of children.

It also provides tools to address the increasing problem, said the report published by the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict.