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| Child Soldiers; U.N. Security Council adopts measures | |
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| saver111 | Jul 27 2005, 04:14 PM Post #1 |
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New steps against child soldiers U.N. Security Council adopts measures to track abuses Wednesday, July 27, 2005; Posted: 1:35 a.m. EDT (05:35 GMT) UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- After months of wrangling, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved measures Tuesday aimed at halting the use of child soldiers and exploitation of youngsters in war zones by governments and insurgent groups. Under the resolution, the council for the first time established procedures to report on the killing, maiming, rape and sexual abuse of children in conflicts, the recruiting and use of child soldiers, the abduction of children, and attacks on schools and hospitals. Olara Otunnu, the U.N. special representative for children and armed conflict said the measure will streamline global efforts to prevent the victimization of young people in war zones. According to the United Nations, in the last decade 2 million children have been killed in situations of armed conflict and six million have been injured. Over 250,000 child soldiers are now being exploited around the globe, down from about 350,000 a few years ago -- but abductions of youngsters are increasing in Sudan's Darfur region, northern Uganda, Nepal and Burundi. The council also endorsed the continued public naming and listing of all governments and insurgent groups responsible for grave violations against children. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's latest report in February lists 54 parties in 11 conflicts in Colombia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Nepal, Uganda, Myanmar, Congo, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Somalia and the Philippines. The resolution establishes U.N.-led task forces, ultimately covering all conflict situations, to monitor and report on violations against children. The council directed U.N. peacekeeping missions and U.N. country teams to enter into immediate talks with the 54 parties cited in Annan's report to prepare and implement plans to end the violations. If the governments and insurgent groups fail to end the violations, the Security Council said it will then consider measures including sanctions. The Security Council started considering a resolution based on Annan's report in late February. But diplomats said approval was held up by concerns that the resolution might be targeting certain countries and possibly interfering in their internal affairs. |
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