Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent progress his Department has made on meeting the commitments made at the Oslo Conference for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict in June 2023.

At the Oslo Conference, the UK committed to hosting a youth-briefer at the UN Security Council (UNSC) Children in Armed Conflict (CAAC) Open Debate in 2023 and delivering annual ministerial level roundtables with children affected by armed conflict.

During the UK presidency of the UNSC in July 2023, the UK invited a 17-year-old child from Colombia to brief the UNSC, the first in-person child representative to do so.

In 2024, we remain committed to holding a roundtable to amplify the voices of young people, building on the roundtable held by Minister Ford in 2022.