At the UN Security Council meeting dedicated to the issue of children in armed conflicts, Britain's Permanent Representative to the UN Sarah Macintosh delivered remarks. In her statement, she highlighted the importance of long-standing international work to protect minors in combat zones. According to the diplomat, over the past three decades, the international community has achieved significant progress in creating mechanisms to protect children from the consequences of armed conflicts, including preventing the recruitment of minors into armed formations, protecting them from violence, and ensuring access to humanitarian assistance. Macintosh emphasized that these achievements must not only be preserved but further developed in light of the changing nature of modern conflicts. The remarks were made during the UN Security Council's regular discussion on children and armed conflicts — a topic that has remained on the organization's agenda since the 1990s. Britain, as a permanent member of the Security Council, traditionally devotes considerable attention to humanitarian aspects of the international agenda, including the protection of vulnerable populations in conflict zones. Britain's representative called on other Security Council members and the international community as a whole to continue efforts to strengthen existing child protection mechanisms, as well as adapt them to new challenges faced by children in modern armed conflicts worldwide.