This week’s French translation
Photo courtesy: UNHCR_ACNUR Las AmericasUN accuses Mali of recruiting child soldiers
in recent reports The United Nations document on children and war shows that hundreds of children have been recruited by Islamist groups, Tuareg rebels and government militias. mali. Mari appears in this annual report for the first time in 2012, providing a “shameful list” of abuses against children for which she was responsible.
With this country in crisis, the United Nations has supported the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a movement for unification and holy war in West Africa (Mujao), Ansar Dine, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Akim).
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The same goes for pro-government militias: “Information has been received regarding the recruitment of children by the following militias in the government-controlled Mopti Sebare region. Ganda Izo, Ganda Koi, and the Northern Liberation Army. ”
Additionally, the report highlights the following statement: “Given that many paramilitary groups have been integrated into the Malian military, there is an urgent need to identify these children and help them leave the ranks. be.”
In northern Mali, 24 children were killed by unexploded ordnance between March and August 2012, and the Malian military led an “inter-ethnic retaliation against Arab and Tuareg children.”
The report also lists 211 cases of sexual abuse (rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage) against girls by members of MNLA, MUJAO, Ansar Dine, and AQIM.
Finally, due to the damage to schools, “86% of students in the North remained deprived of access to education as of February 2013.”
Syria’s “human shield”
United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict; Leila Zeroginew UN mission in Mali (negative magnet)”[will] To give permission [us] To improve our overall response to children’s needs. ”
The UN report now includes 55 militaries and armed groups in 14 countries, including 11 new political parties active in Mali, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Syria.
In its last report in 2011, the United Nations also stated that in Syria, “the situation for children is deteriorating in all regions.”
In the same report, Leila Zeloghi said “thousands of children” were killed, tortured, used as human shields by the Syrian army or recruited into the rebel group. There is.
According to the United Nations, “In May 2012, Syrian government Troops reportedly invaded As-Safira primary school in Aleppo province and took 30 boys and 25 girls, aged 10 to 13, hostage, and called on the army to wipe out local units of the Free Syrian Army. He led the march.
Registration of teenagers by opposition parties has also increased. According to the report, “former combatants” Former Free Syrian Army In the village of Kufr Zeita, it was revealed that children under the age of 14 were frequently employed to load weapons, deliver food, and evacuate the wounded. ”
Additionally, detentions for suspected association with rebel groups are a worrying trend. The report states that a 16-year-old boy from Kafr Nabul (Idlib province) witnessed the sexual assault and murder of his friend while in custody. ”
In 2012, a five-point action plan was signed to free child soldiers in South Sudan, Burma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Somalia. This helped free thousands of children. Nepal and Sri Lanka Disgracefully removed from the list.
