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UNICEF seeks pledge to halt child recruitment from Tamil Tigers
Associated Press,
Mon January 27, 2003 09:29 EST .
SHIMALI SENANAYAKE - Associated Press Writer - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) The U.N. children's agency on Monday sought a written pledge from the Tamil Tigers to stop recruiting child soldiers, and the Sri Lankan president ordered the immediate arrest of any rebels who abduct children. UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy was scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka - on Friday for meetings with Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan government on protecting children from impact of war. The fighting stopped following the Norwegian-brokered cease-fire. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka - 's President Chandrika Kumaratunga wrote to the national police chief T.E Anandarajah on Monday ordering the immediate arrest of rebels who abduct children, noting that the cease-fire had prohibited hostile activities against civilians. ``In spite of the presence of an international monitoring mission ... the violations continue to happen specially with regard to the abduction of children.'' ``It is incumbent upon the police that civilians are not subjected to human rights abuses and that any perpetrators are not allowed to operate with impunity,'' Kumaratunga wrote.
Published: Mon Jan 27 10:52:18 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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ANSWERS 1-24 NOW AVAILABLE
[HERE]
The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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Child protection chief lashes out at inaction
The Island,
January 27.
The head of the country’s national child protection body last week lashed out at the international and local community for clamping shut on the LTTE’s recruitment of child soldiers, saying that anyone drafting children to the armed forces could not be for peace."My core issue is why are we quiet about child abductions and recruitment?" said Prof. Harendra de Silva, chairman of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA), directing his criticism also at local and international aid agencies and NGOs."I have spoken to members of the international community... I can even mention names if it comes to a push...," he elaborated in an interview with The Island. "I tried to speak to them so many times and they say no, no, no, don’t talk about child soldiers, it’s too sensitive. You will upset the peace process."
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Published: Sun Jan 26 22:21:33 EST 2003
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Sri Lanka president orders crackdown on child soldiers
ProLog,
COLOMBO, Jan 27 (AFP) .
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga Monday ordered the island's police and army chiefs to crack down on Tamil Tiger guerrillas enlisting child soldiers. Kumaratunga told police Inspector General T.E. Anandarajah and army commander Lionel Balagalle that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued to recruit under-age soldiers despite a truce arranged by peace-broker Norway.
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Published: Mon Jan 27 13:40:46 EST 2003
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