![]() ![]() The Council encouraged Member States to promote the adoption of remote learning solutions, including digital learning, to facilitate continuity of education during armed conflict, drawing on the innovations and lessons learned during the pandemic. ![]() Recognizing that the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities in access to education and the continuation of education during armed conflict, the Council requested, among other things, equitable global access to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable diagnostics, therapeutics, medicines and vaccines, as well as essential health technologies and equipment for the response to COVID‑19. ![]() ![]() It called upon regional and subregional bodies to do the same. The Council also requested the establishment of appropriate strategies and coordination mechanisms for the exchange of information and cooperation by Member States, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations peacekeeping and political missions, and its country teams. In that regard, the Council encouraged Member States to facilitate the continuation of education during armed conflict and called upon United Nations country‑level task forces to enhance monitoring and reporting on military use of schools. Moreover, the Council condemned the military use of schools in contravention of international law, urging all parties to armed conflict to respect the civilian character of educational facilities, in accordance with international humanitarian law. National strategic frameworks should include comprehensive measures to prevent such attacks and ensure the protection of schools, children, teachers and other related civilians during armed conflict and in post‑conflict phases. Unanimously adopting resolution 2601 (2021) (to be issued as document S/RES/2601(2021)), the Council also urged Member States to develop domestic legal frameworks to ensure respect for their relevant international legal obligations. Strongly condemning attacks against schools, children and teachers today, the Security Council urged parties to armed conflict to immediately stop such violence and to safeguard the right to education. ![]()
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