UN Must Punish Groups Using Child Soldiers -- Annan
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Governments and rebel groups  found to be forcing children into combat or sexual slavery  should be punished if they fail to stem the abuses, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.
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London, Oct. 18 (NNN) : United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the US-led war on Iraq has not made the world a safer place, according to BBC and Voice of America.
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A warlord in eastern Congo is recruiting child soldiers in violation of international law, U.N. and government officials said Wednesday.
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The UN secretary general Kofi Annan called on Israel to end its military operation in Gaza. An operation which resulted in killing scores of Palestinians most of them are civilians including children since last Tuesday.
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A Washington-based policy group says the United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan must take responsibility for his staff&#39;s actions.
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A senior U.N. official says 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers many of whom are killed, maimed, abducted and raped and denied access to humanitarian groups
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan described the war with Iraq as an âillegalâ violation of the UN Charter in a September 16 interview with the BBC, adding that âI hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time.
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The U.N. Security Council  condemned on Sunday the massacre of more than 160 Tutsi  Congolese refugees in western Burundi and urged the authorities  in Burundi and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo to work  together to quickly bring those responsible to justice.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged developing countries to respect human rights, telling their leaders at a summit in Havana they had a duty to end suppression of opponents and the media.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to tell world leaders on Tuesday to respect human  life, whether civilians or prisoners of war in Iraq, villagers  in Sudan or children in northern Uganda or Russia.
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The UN must impose sanctions on Sudan over continuing attacks on civilians in Darfur, says Human Rights Watch.
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The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania  - African leaders appealed to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to impose sanctions on the Burundian rebel group that claimed responsibility for the weekend massacre of at least 160 refugees at a UN camp in ...
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Burma punishes 43 officials for recruiting child soldiers, state media say, as the UN urges sanctions on the issue.
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A human rights group urges the UN to take recruiters of child soldiers to the International Criminal Court.
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A UN investigation has found clear evidence that UN peacekeepers and civilian staff in Congo are guilty of sexual abuse and Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he is &quot;absolutely outraged&quot; by it.
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The U.N. Security Council threatened on Tuesday to step up measures against armies and groups using child soldiers but made no firm pledge to impose sanctions requested by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.