Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Carmelo Abela, meets with Ms Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, at Palazzo Parisio, Valletta

Following meetings held between Malta’s Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York and her office in New York over the course of 2018, Ms Gamba and Minister Abela met in September 2018 in the margins of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. During Friday’s meeting, Minister Abela acknowledged Ms Gamba’s work and thanked her for her guidance with regards to Malta’s co-chairmanship of the Friends of Reintegration Group of Child Soldiers. The  Group of Friends serves as a forum for Member States on evolving practices, gaps and challenges, as well as analyse and discuss short-term and long-term needs for reintegration and develop recommendations to address funding gaps. He also expressed his gratitude for the assistance offered by her Office to our Permanent Representation in New York.