Attacks on schools and hospitals are one of the six grave violations against children in armed conflict and a ‘trigger’ violation for listing of parties to conflict in the annexes of the Secretary-General’s (SG) annual report on children and armed conflict. The statement calls for an end to attacks on education, urges Member States to address and prevent attacks against schools, expresses concern about the deliberate targeting of girls and women, and notes the efforts of signatories to the Safe Schools Declaration – the only international agreement dedicated to the protection of education in armed conflict. Ms.