UN officials sign “red hands” to support the Red Hand Campaign. From left: Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, chair of the Security Council working group on children and armed conflict; Radhika Coomaraswamy, special representative to the secretary general on children and armed conflict; Ann Veneman, executive director, UNICEF; Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes a statement at the Red Hand Day Campaign event, February 12, 2009.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accepts a book of “red hands” from Anna-Maria Anders, a youth activist in the Red Hand Day Campaign.

Red hands displayed at the Red Hand Day Campaign event, February 12, 2009, New York.

Foto: Kennji Kizuka / Human Rights Watch

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