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U.N. Blocked on Burma Child Soldiers


World  (tags: Child Soldiers, Military Dicktatorship, United Nations impotence, Chinese weapons )

Ben
- 425 days ago - rfa.org
Political obstruction and lack of access to affected areas have blocked U.N. efforts to end recruitment of child soldiers in Burma. WASHINGTON--A U.N. panel charged with fighting the recruitment of child soldiers has notably failed to make progress...
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Ben Oscarsito (324)
Sunday October 19, 2008, 8:29 am
The military is the single most powerful institution in Burma, having run the country without interruption since seizing control in a 1962 coup. Military generals have crushed political dissent and battled ethnic separatist movements ever since. Officers and their families enjoy privileges unknown to civilians.
According to New York-based Human Rights Watch, the Burmese regime may have the largest number of child soldiers in the world—with thousands swept up in massive recruitment drives.
Some are as young as 10, Human Rights Watch says, their enlistment papers routinely falsified to indicate their ages as 18 or older.
The United Nations is absolutely useless!
 

Joycey B. (699)
Sunday October 19, 2008, 9:05 am
Thanks for this informative story Ben.
 

Lindsey O. (209)
Sunday October 19, 2008, 10:37 am

It's a shame that the U.S. can't do anything to help the Burmese people get rid of their repressive dictatorship. But since we shouldn't interfere in the affairs of other nations I suppose the Burmese people will just have to take care of the matter themselves.
 
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