NEW YORK
\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel\u2019s military to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children, Israel\u2019s UN envoy Gilad Erdan said, describing the decision as \u201cshameful.\u201d
\nErdan said he was officially notified of the decision on Friday.
\nThe global list is included in a report on children and armed conflict due to be submitted to the UN Security Council on June 14.
\nIsrael\u2019s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the decision would impact the country\u2019s relations with the United Nations.
\nErdan said he was notified by Guterres\u2019 chief of staff and posted a video on social media of him responding to the decision during their phone call.
\n\u201cI am utterly shocked and disgusted by this shameful decision of the Secretary-General,\u201d said Erdan.
\nGuterres\u2019 spokesperson, Step\u00adhane Dujarric, declined to comment.
\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that the UN had \u201cadded itself to the black list of history when it joined those who support Hamas\u201d.
\nGuterres\u2019 annual report to the 15-member Security Council on children and armed conflict covers the killing, maiming, sexual abuse, abduction or recruitment of children, denial of aid access and targeting of schools and hospitals. It was not immediately clear what violations Israel\u2019s military had been accused of committing.
\nThe list is split into two: parties that have put measures in place to protect children and parties that have not. Erdan said he was told Israel had been included on the list of parties that had not put in place adequate measures to protect children.
\nThe report has been compiled by Virginia Gamba, Guterres\u2019 special representative for children and armed conflict. The list attached to the report aims to shame parties to conflicts in the hope of pushing them to implement measures to protect children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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