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Tigers among six blatant HR violators
Tiger terrorists are among six blatant violators of human rights singled
out by the UN for recruiting underage children in armed conflict and
using rape and other forms of ***ual violence against them.
The other five violaters singledout by the Human Rights Watch are
Colombia's leftist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and ELN
(leftist National Liberation Army) insurgents, Uganda's rebel Lord's
Resistance Army and the government forces of the Democratic Republic of
Congo and Myanmar. vThe UN Security Council on Tuesday slammed the
continuing recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and
deplored the systematic use of rape and other forms of ***ual violence
against them.
It did so in a non-binding statement adopted at the end of a day-long
debate attended by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, United
Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF) executive director Ann Veneman and
Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Special Representative for Children and
Armed Conflict.
The text, adopted by all 15 members, stressed the need to end impunity
for such violations and abuses and for "a broad strategy of conflict
prevention, which addresses the root causes of armed conflict in a
comprehensive manner."
It said the Council "strongly condemns the continuing recruitment and
use of children in armed conflict" and "is concerned with the widespread
use and systematic use of rape and other forms of ***ual violence
against children particularly girls in situations of armed conflict."
"***ual violence is often used as a weapon of war and there must be
greater focus and attention on this issue," Veneman said. "We need to
put an end to the abuse, the rapes and the ***ual violence."
The Council called for the full implementation of the monitoring and
re****ting mechanism on children and armed conflict called for in a 2005
council resolution.
The mechanism aims to track six grave violations against children around
the world: killing or maiming, recruiting or using child soldiers, rape
or ***ual
violence, abducting children or denying them humanitarian access and
attacking schools or hospitals.
In a related development, New York-based Human Rights Watch urged the
Security Council to slap sanctions against Government and rebel forces
that persist in using child soldiers.
It noted that UN chief Ban Ki-moon had identified 58 governments and
armed groups that recruit and use child soldiers in violation of
international law.
"Of these, 14 parties to armed conflict are repeat violators that have
been named in five consecutive re****ts from the secretary-general
between 2002 and 2008," it added in a statement.
"Both Government and rebel forces have recruited and used child soldiers
year after year in defiance of both international law and repeated
appeals from the Security Council," said Jo Becker, children's rights
advocate for Human Rights Watch.
"The Security Council must show that it is serious about holding these
forces accountable for their exploitation of children," Becker added.
Courtesy : Daily News
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Worth to look following to see how brutal Tamil Tiger Terrorists are
Child Soldiers of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka
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Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka
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<h2>Tigers among six blatant HR violators </h2>
<p class="A_news">Tiger terrorists are among six blatant violators of
human rights singled out by the UN for recruiting underage children in
armed conflict and using rape and other forms of ***ual violence
against them. </p>
<p class="A_news">The other five violaters singledout by the Human
Rights Watch are Colombia's leftist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia) and ELN (leftist National Liberation Army) insurgents,
Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army and the government forces of the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar. vThe UN Security Council on
Tuesday slammed the continuing recruitment and use of children in armed
conflict and deplored the systematic use of rape and other forms of
***ual violence against them. </p>
<p class="A_news">It did so in a non-binding statement adopted at the
end of a day-long debate attended by French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner, United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF) executive director
Ann Veneman and Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Special Representative for
Children and Armed Conflict. </p>
<p class="A_news">The text, adopted by all 15 members, stressed the
need to end impunity for such violations and abuses and for "a broad
strategy of conflict prevention, which addresses the root causes of
armed conflict in a comprehensive manner." </p>
<p class="A_news">It said the Council "strongly condemns the continuing
recruitment and use of children in armed conflict" and "is concerned
with the widespread use and systematic use of rape and other forms of
***ual violence against children particularly girls in situations of
armed conflict." </p>
<p class="A_news">"***ual violence is often used as a weapon of war and
there must be greater focus and attention on this issue," Veneman said.
"We need to put an end to the abuse, the rapes and the ***ual
violence." </p>
<p class="A_news">The Council called for the full implementation of the
monitoring and re****ting mechanism on children and armed conflict
called for in a 2005 council resolution. </p>
<p class="A_news">The mechanism aims to track six grave violations
against children around the world: killing or maiming, recruiting or
using child soldiers, rape or ***ual </p>
<p class="A_news">violence, abducting children or denying them
humanitarian access and attacking schools or hospitals. </p>
<p class="A_news">In a related development, New York-based Human Rights
Watch urged the Security Council to slap sanctions against Government
and rebel forces that persist in using child soldiers. </p>
<p class="A_news">It noted that UN chief Ban Ki-moon had identified 58
governments and armed groups that recruit and use child soldiers in
violation of international law. </p>
<p class="A_news">"Of these, 14 parties to armed conflict are repeat
violators that have been named in five consecutive re****ts from the
secretary-general between 2002 and 2008," it added in a statement. </p>
<p class="A_news">"Both Government and rebel forces have recruited and
used child soldiers year after year in defiance of both international
law and repeated appeals from the Security Council," said Jo Becker,
children's rights advocate for Human Rights Watch. </p>
<p class="A_news">"The Security Council must show that it is serious
about holding these forces accountable for their exploitation of
children," Becker added. </p>
<p class="A_news">Courtesy : Daily News</p>
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href="http://www.sinhalaya.info/index-EN.php">http://www.sinhalaya.info/index-EN.php</a>
Worth to look following to see how brutal Tamil Tiger Terrorists are
Child Soldiers of LTTE Tamil Tiger Terrorists in Sri Lanka
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.spur.asn.au/childwar.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/childwar.htm</a>
Ethnic Cleansing in Sri Lanka
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href="http://www.spur.asn.au/ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/ethnic_cleansing_in_sri_lanka.htm</a>
LTTE TAMIL TIGER ATROCITIES
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href="http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatrp.htm">http://www.spur.asn.au/ltteatrp.htm</a>
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