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Kinshasa and New York – Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to endure some of the most inhumane treatment found anywhere in the world, despite outward signs of progress, according to a new report by the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. The report, Struggling to Survive: Children in Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, documents dozens of continued, pervasive and egregious violations against children by all armed forces and groups operating in DRC and urges that immediate actions be taken to protect Congolese children and to hold the perpetrators of crimes against children accountable.

• Struggling to Survive: Children in Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 2006
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New York and Kathmandu – The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict calls on Nepal’s security forces to urgently stop using excessive force against children participating in protests. The Nepali government security forces have beaten, shot and used tear gas and other forms of violence against children and adolescents who have participated in protests in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal. Watchlist further calls on parents and guardians to keep children away from any protest activities that could turn violent.

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Partnerships for Protecting Children in Armed Conflict (PPCC), a network of national and international human rights and humanitarian organizations, appeals to all parties to conflict and to those attending protests to make the protection of children and adolescents a top priority during protest activities. PPCC calls on the security forces not to use force against children participating in the ongoing nation-wide protests. It has been widely observed that a large number of children have been taking part in the ongoing national protests, and that many young people have been on the frontline of the protests and have been seriously injured.

New York - The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, a network of human rights and humanitarian agencies, today enthusiastically welcomed Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy to her new post as the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. Ms. Coomaraswamy’s appointment was announced today by the Office of the UN Secretary-General.