إن الأسلوب الأمثل لحماية الأطفال في النزاع المسلح يتمثل في الحيلولة دون نشوب النزاعات المسلحة، ووقفها، ومعالجة أسبابها.
Perhaps the optimal way to protect children in armed conflict lies in preventing armed conflicts in the first place, containing them and addressing their root causes, foremost among which is the unstable and unbalanced international political and economic climate, which is characterized by hegemony and by a deepening divide between the States of the North and those of the South.