The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups in the Central African Republicand is warning leaders that such practices represent a grave violation of international law. CH UNTV
The United Nations Security Council today reiterated its demand for an end to all external support to armed groups – in particular the group known as the M23 – which have been destabilizing the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over recent months. UNTV
For the first time since the Security Council held its first open debate on children and armed conflict in 1999, a resolution on the issue was adopted today (19 September) without full support from the Council. UNTV
More than 35,000 people are in now Yusuf Batil camp, fleeing the conflict in Sudan. UNHCR
In South Sudan, former captives of the Lord’s Resistance Army get vital help in rebuilding their lives and tackling their lingering fears. UNHCR
Launching a new report by Watchlist for Children and Armed Conflict entitled: "No One to Trust: Children and Armed Conflict in Colombia", Yvonne Kemper, author of the report says that, "risks for children in Colombia's warzone are increasing." UNTV
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and actress Mia Farrow travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo recently to visit a centre for girls freed from armed groups. UNICEF
Five ex-child soldiers who met at a UNICEF supported transit centre in Bukavu formed a hip hop group call 'The Flavour Boyz”. The boys along with others here were captured or freed by government forces from a myriad of different militia wreaking havoc across the region. UNICEF
UN special envoy for children in armed conflict Radhika Coomarswamy said in an interview today that the action plan deal signed this week with the SPLA which renewed their commitment to release all children within their ranks could lead to 2,000 more children being released soon. UNMISS
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court Louis Moreno Ocampo said Thursday that he would ask for the maximum sentence for Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga. “If we are going to ask for one year per child we should go far beyond the maximum of 30 years established by the statute. As we indicated in [...]