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Full UN News Centre Article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32061&Cr=child+soldier&Cr1=
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Details ‘Terrible’ Year for Children in Armed Conflict
15 September 2009 – It has been a terrible year for children
living in situations of armed conflict around the world, the top United Nations
official dealing with the issue said today, stressing the need for the
international community to address impunity and hold perpetrators accountable.
“The nature of conflict is changing and civilians are increasingly on the
frontline. The toll on children is more brutal than ever,” stated Radhika
Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children
and Armed Conflict.
She also commended the adoption by the Security Council of
resolution 1882, which expanded the list of criteria of violations to include
those who kill, maim, rape or commit other forms of sexual violence against
children in wartime...................
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Al Jazeera - Everywoman TV
Child Soldier - Video - Testimony
by Girl Child Soldier of Congo
A former girl-child soldier tells us of the horrors she experienced in a personal interview with Everywoman TV. She spoke formally about her experience before the United Nations in New York.
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