An advocacy petition targets UNESCO Director-General Khaled Ahmed El-Enany Ali Ezz, calling for schools to be restored as safe spaces amid what it describes as a 300 percent rise in militarized attacks on children and education over 15 years. It cites a missile strike on a girls' school during the Iran conflict, a bombing that destroyed a special-needs school in Lebanon, and abductions of schoolchildren by armed groups in Nigeria.
The petition calls for enhanced warning systems, stronger legal protections, and accountability for attacks on schools, and asks signers to back these measures. It does not detail how UNESCO would enforce any of this against the militaries or militias involved.
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