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Mukongo Ngay

lines on the record: 54
first: 2000-07-26
most recent: 2012-06-12
sittings or episodes: 3
sources: un-security-council

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“It is estimated that over half of the children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army are as young as 8 years of age. These bandits prefer young children because they are more easily manipulated, intimidated and indoctrinated than older adolescents and adults. The abductees are punished for trying to escape. They are frequently forced to beat and hack to death other children caught trying to escape. It is estimated today that as many as 8,000 children are still missing. Their parents in Uganda do not know their whereabouts. Some figures indicate that perhaps half of them have died of disease or hunger or have been killed.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Uganda wishes to seize this opportunity to inform the Council of the continued and tragic plight of Ugandan children who have been abducted to the Sudan. Since 1997, the rebel group based in the Sudan called the Lord's Resistance Army has abducted an estimated 10,000 children from northern Uganda. These abductions are brutal, and many children are forced to witness the killing of family members and friends and the destruction of their homes. The Lord's Resistance Army abducts children to serve the needs of these brutal men - as child solders, as sexual slaves, as porters and as cooks. The ongoing abduction, forced conscription and killing of children by this rebel group is one of the worst violations of children's rights anywhere in the world.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict is one of the important milestones in the history of the United Nations. We welcome the provision which stipulates 18 to be the minimum age for participation in armed conflict. This Protocol, together with Security Council resolution 1261 (1999), are major advances in the area of children's rights and welfare. Notwithstanding these advances, the real world, in many parts of the globe, is still full of appalling practices. Children are still used as soldiers with impunity in many countries. They are used to kill and to commit untold atrocities. They are frequently threatened with death, mutilation or injury. Girls are raped and sold as concubines.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Uganda congratulates you, Madam, for presiding over this very important open debate in the Security Council on the subject of children in armed conflict. My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on children. We commend the Security Council for its continued engagement on issues that concern human security. We pay special tribute to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu; to the International Committee of the Red Cross; to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; to the World Food Programme; and to numerous non-governmental organizations for their continued commitment to the plight of children in armed conflict.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source