Mozambique
Mozambique
Africa
Endorsements
Endorsed in 2015
Not Endorsed
Not Endorsed
Not Endorsed
Relevant UN Resolutions
GCPEA Education Under Attack
Profiled in: 2022
Other GCPEA Publications
Other Important Information
Memberships in International Regional Organizations
Peacekeeping
Key Information
Key information about the country.
Advocacy Engagements
Engagements with this state or any other relevant information that can support advocacy.
2015: Attended the state consultations on the SSD in Geneva – led by Norway.
September 2017 UNSC: GCPEA sent a letter to the ambassador in New York asking to raise the issue on attacks and military use, draw attention to the Declaration and the Guidelines and also to mention the AU call to endorse during the Open Debate on children and armed conflict.
July 2018: Co-sponsored resolution 2427 (2018).
February 2019: Human Rights Watch reports that around 80 soldiers were camped at Quelimane Primary School, while the school was still functioning. The article states that soldiers intimidated and questioned an academic, a journalist, and their driver in the makeshift barracks in the school.
March 2019: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the SRSG CAAC Virginia Gamba, HRC Geneva: joined Norway’s joint statement on the Safe Schools Declaration.
UN Standards
Good Practice
What, if anything, the country has done to protect education and/or implement any of the 8 commitments outlined in the Declaration.
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Not established
Relevant Contacts
Contact information of the representatives of Permanent Missions, national Ministries, and focal points for the State-led Implementation Network.
General Email(s):
mission.mozambique@bluewin.ch
Other Contacts:
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General Email(s):
mozambique@un.int
Other Contacts:
Paulina Abdala paulina.abdala2@gmail.com. She is their CAAC expert.
mindasumana@gmail.com
Dra Arlinda Chaquisse
Directora Nacional de Nutrição e saúde Escolar
Ministerio de Educação e Desenvolvimento Humano (MoE)
Location: Mozambique
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