Children, Technology and Education in Conflict - Security Council, 10113rd meeting

With 473 million children living in or fleeing conflict zones, speakers in Security Council advocate digital education to ensure learning.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:54:16
• Production Date: 2 March 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ROSEMARY A. DICARLO
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS - DPPA
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; SCHOOLS
• MAMS Id: 3540575
• Parent Id: 3539901
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10113 CHILDREN TECH EDU CONFLICT 02 MAR 2026 PM

Description

Digital education, when designed with robust safeguards, can ensure children can access learning even when conflict shuts down schools, the Security Council heard today at its first March meeting under the United States presidency of that body.

Chaired by United States’ First Lady Melania Trump — the first time a Council meeting has been chaired by a presidential spouse — the meeting comes at a time when 473 million children — one in every five children — is living in or fleeing a conflict zone.

Council resolution 2601 (2021) is a crucial element in the normative framework aimed at ensuring children’s access to education during conflict. Among other provisions, it calls on Member States to “promote the adoption of remote learning solutions, including digital learning, literacy, and skills”, as well as to provide assistance for the continuation of education for refugee and displaced children.

Briefing the Council was Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, who noted that the last two days prove that children are among the most affected by conflict. Schools in Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman have closed and moved to remote learning. Noting reports from Iran about the death of possibly dozens of children allegedly as the result of a strike that hit an elementary school in the town of Minab, she added: “United States authorities have announced that they are looking into these reports.”

• Presidency: Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States of America
• Briefer: Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
• Statement: Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States of America
• Statements: Greece, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Panama, Liberia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, China, Somalia, Colombia, Pakistan, Bahrain, Latvia, Russian Federation

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