[caption id="attachment_4349" align="alignleft" width="203"] Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner (modified) (CC BY 2.0)[/caption]

"I was always concerned - and have spoken about the refugee crisis, and in particular, children living in conflict areas like Syria," Satyarthi told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"But the recent chemical attack has shaken my conscience. What else could be more heinous? I thought it was important to raise a voice - and also suggest some form of action to better protect children in armed conflict and child refugees."