FNs årlige “Skammens liste” over misbrug af børn som dræbere, soldaterkoner og -tjenere er længere end nogensinde
The UN has added two groups in Yemen and two in Iraq to its annual list of those recruiting or abusing (misbruge) children during armed conflicts.
During Yemen’s recent civil war, as many as 15 percent of the pro-government militia and 20 percent of the Huthi rebels were made up of children, the UN says. Even though that conflict was now over, nobody knew where the children were, said a UN special representative.
The annual report said children were involved in warfare in 22 countries. – 2010 proved another tragic year for children in conflicts all over the world, said Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict.
– We have taken no parties off of the list and added four more, noted he.
According to the report, schools are often used as recruiting groups for children.
“Attacks on schools and hospitals are the most reoccurring (hyppigst forekommende) violation”, the report said, adding that “incidents have been reported of closure of schools and hospitals as a result of direct threats and intimidation and military occupation”.
The UN’s ‘List of Shame’ consists of parties that recruit or use children and commit rape and other forms of sexual violence against children in situations of armed conflict on the agenda of the UN Security Council.
Parties are located in Afghanistan, Burma, the Central African Republic, Chad, the DR Congo, Iraq, Nepal, Somalia, Sudan, Colombia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Yemen, according to the UN.
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