"UN votes to monitor child soldiers, abuses in war"

GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Jul-26-05 02:30 PM
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"UN votes to monitor child soldiers, abuses in war"

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a name-and-shame resolution on Tuesday to monitor nations or rebel groups that kill, maim and sexually abuse children in war zones or recruit them as soldiers.

The resolution reaffirms earlier commitments that the council would consider imposing targeted sanctions, such as a ban on arms exports and imports, against parties that violate international law on the rights and protection of children in armed conflict.

During the last decade, 2 million children have been killed during an armed conflict and another 6 million have been disabled or injured, U.N. figures show.

http://reuters.iwon.com/article/20050726/2005-07-26T185003Z_01_N26462653_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-UN-CHILDREN-WAR-DC.html

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LibertyorDeath

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Tue Jul-26-05 02:34 PM
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1. Bravo & since the USA gives the most $ to the UN

They can start with Iraq.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Jul-26-05 02:38 PM
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2. My first thought as well.

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movonne

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Tue Jul-26-05 02:43 PM
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3. How about child abuse in Iraq ???? If and when we ever get to

see the pictures of the torture in the prisons of Iraq.

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