Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Children and conflict news

Bombings Hit Children Hardest
About 55 percent of all casualties at the Beirut Government University Hospital are children of 15 years of age or less, hospital records show. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34075

600 children die each day in legacy of war
Nearly a decade of conflict has created a humanitarian crisis that kills the youngest and most vulnerable - through hunger and disease as well as violence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,1828038,00.html

UN turns spotlight on children caught in armed conflicts
The violations being monitored include killing or maiming, recruiting or using child soldiers, rape or sexual violence, abducting children or denying them humanitarian access and attacking schools or hospitals.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/221040/1/.html

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