A/HRC/38/29 équitables et aux Droits de l’Homme; the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities, and the Indian Movement “Tupaj Amaru”. Interventions by representatives of States 31. Recalling that seven years had passed since the beginning of the conflict, many representatives of States expressed their grave concern about the particularly horrific impact the conflict had on children, including on their future, noting that children remained disproportionally vulnerable to violence. Some noted that the Syrian Arab Republic had been depicted as the most dangerous country in the world to be a child. 32. Many representatives strongly condemned the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals. They urged all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law. 33. A number of representatives called for the full and immediate implementation of Security Council resolution 2401 (2018), in which the Council had demanded that parties to the conflict cease hostilities and enable the safe, unimpeded and sustained delivery of humanitarian aid and services and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded. They deplored the obstruction of humanitarian access. Some representatives stressed in particular the alarming and significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta. 34. Many representatives deplored that children in the Syrian Arab Republic suffered from multiple human rights violations, emphasizing that those would have long-term detrimental consequences, including physical and psychological trauma. Some representatives observed that almost half of the internally displaced persons in the country were children. Some noted that severe malnutrition was acute, particularly in besieged and hard-to-reach areas. 35. Many representatives deplored violations of the right to education resulting from the targeting of schools, pointing out that such violations would affect the future of the country. They called for schools to remain open and to be safe places for children. 36. Many representatives condemned the recruitment of child soldiers, and some stressed the need for rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for children affected by forced recruitment. 37. Several State representatives stressed that those responsible for violations and abuses of international law should be held accountable. 38. Some representatives underscored the need to reach a political solution in order to relieve the suffering of children in the Syrian Arab Republic. Interventions by representatives of non-governmental organizations 39. Some representatives of NGOs denounced the indiscriminate attacks against civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals. They stressed that children remained most vulnerable to violence and that their human rights were being violated on a daily basis. The conflict affected children’s rights to life, health, education and food. It was emphasized that malnutrition rates in 2017 had been the highest since the beginning of the conflict. Some representatives underlined the devastating consequences of the conflict on the mental health of children, noting that recovery from psychological trauma would be challenging. 40. Most NGO representatives expressed shock at the situation in Eastern Ghouta, noting that almost half of the besieged population were children. They called for immediate humanitarian access to besieged areas. 41. Two NGOs stated that “terrorist groups” were directly and indirectly responsible for attacks against civilians. Some NGO representatives called on parties to the conflict to comply with international humanitarian and human rights law. Some urged the international community to take all possible measures to put an end to the suffering of children in the Syrian Arab Republic and ensure the protection of their rights. 6