The European Union is committed to building a better present and a better future for all children, including in line with the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, the Action Plan for Youth in EU External Action and the EU Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy. On this World Children's Day, the EU is particularly concerned about the well-being of children living in situations of armed conflict, forced displacement and protracted humanitarian crises. Unfortunately, our television screens and social media are full of the daily horrors perpetrated on children around the world – from Gaza to Ukraine, terrorist attacks in Israel, from the Sahel to Yemen and Myanmar.* Children do not start conflicts; they deserve and need peace.