United Nations, June 22 (TIWN) A new UN report has revealed that there were at least 26,425 grave violations against children in 2020.

"In 2020, the situation of children in armed conflict was marked by a sustained high number of grave violations," the report said. "The United Nations verified 26,425 grave violations, of which 23,946 were committed in 2020 and 2,479 were committed earlier but verified only in 2020." The highest number of violations was the recruitment of some 8,521 children, the killing of 2,674 and maiming of 5,748 children, as well as over 4,000 incidents of humanitarian access denial, the report said.