Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local c Fehik Swik Mukh 2000 War child Axworthy fights for child soldiers release ministers concentrate on sudanese backed rebels by David Kuxhaus foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy spent most of yester Day meeting behind closed doors with his counterparts from Uganda and Egypt to broker the release of child were having some Good Axworthy said As he hurried into yesterdays opening ceremonies for More than 50 foreign ministers attending the first International conference on War affected the longest period of time Manitoba senior my surfaced from bilateral talks was to address the throng of concert goers at the Forks prior to introducing the tragically its against this backdrop that Axworthy is hoping to broker the Freedom of child soldiers of lords resistance a ugandan rebel group based in Sudan has been assisting the which is attempting to overthrow the ugandan its believed the Lra has kidnapped some children from what Axworthy needs is an Assurance from sudanese counterpart Mustafa Osman Ismail that the child soldiers will be Ismail threatened to boy Cott the conference because of International criticism levelled against Sudan for turning a Blind Eye to the Kidnap talks Between Axworthy and the other ministers continued last Axworthy May comment on their Progress outside pantages theatre where ministers were gathered for open ing members of Winnipeg sudanese Community protested Ismail presence in the Ismail is a they they also directed their anger at accusing him of washing his hands of the we have condemned the actions of Sudan and we will continue to do Axworthy told reporters As he walked by it was expected Ismail would address the conference in the because of his statement will be made the conference broke at about 7 to allow dignitaries to attend a dinner reception at the museum of Man and inside pantages there was More condemnation levelled at those countries whole violated the rights of conspiracy of silence Lara the special representative to the in Secretary general on Chil Dren and armed conflict said the time for double talk is he called for the immediate release of All the abducted children in Northern urging the International Community to break the conspiracy of its estimated that there Are about child soldiers around the an increase of about from four years about two million children have been killed in the last decade in conflicts and another four million have been left the Winnipeg conference Marks the largest global discussion on the Issue with delegates from More than 120 making it one of the highest level Diplo Matic gatherings Canada has Ever the Centrepiece is a framework drafted by youths and experts that they Hope will protect among other items it Calls for i entry into Force of the International criminal court statute and Universal ratification of the optional protocol to the convention of the rights of which would prevent the recruitment and deployment of soldiers under the age of 18 in september 2001 i development of an effective Monitor ing network to ensure reporting on child rights abuses in All conflict affected and conflict prone countries i the use of All levers to effect the release of All abducted Chil in my vi6w in particular the interests those held captive f by the lords si8ibs resistance army should hot i the allocation of the a greater proportion of International funding for both will to actually care and Protection programs for support the children affected rights of the by conflict i a special place at the table for children to pre researcher the sent their views at studies next years special Oxford session on Chil University Dren at the United nations i increased investment in Quality Edu cation for War affected children by National authorities i a study on the Impact of Small arms on the draft framework also says that private sector firms that Benefit from crimes against children should be pros the Canadian government has found itself in the difficult position of dealing with Talisman a Calgary based com Pany that is helping the sudanese government reap Oil which Are being used to Aid the Randa a researcher with the refugee studies department at Oxford Ken Gigotti Winnipeg free press a demonstrator protests against Canadas involvement in Sudan outside the War affected children conference said its a theres still a lot of work to be Farah the crucial element in my View is the interests of states should not precede the International will to actually support the rights of the Farah said that Means countries have to put the rights of the child before Diplo Matic she said setting time limits for initiatives to be carried out would delegates also spoke out at the con Ference yesterday about a More Equi table funding for War affected children from the International in a child in Sierra Leone received less than while a child in Kosovo received More than in they do All the things to a child that War ghanaian expert says enemies of the Young there has been much Pas Sion and heated Conversa Tion at the War affected children conference this the sort of simmering anger that emerges when people who work to change the unthinkable talk about How there hampered by the Apa thy and ignorance of when Theo Sowa Speaks of children living with her voice is True and not a Little a native of is head of research for the Machel review a landmark Docu ment assessing the human rights of War affected it was authored by Graca wife of former South african presi Dent Nelson and has served As a moral Compass and a Call to arms at this if a Childs Mother is raped by a contracts aids and leaving her an she is that a War affected child or do we put her in a compartment that says she is and ignore the influence of War we want to put everything in tiny in a situation of does it really matter if a child is orphaned by his or by War a save the children policy Keh Gigliotto Winnipeg free press Machel gave an impassioned speech to conference paper distributed at the Confer ence said 90 per cent of infants living with his contracted the virus from their More than eight million children glob ally have lost mothers due to it is estimated that cumulative his infections reported among children Are As High As million to with nearly two million conflict brings with it an Impact on the health and Security of a says does All the things to a child and a Community that War these Long immersed in the worlds brutal Are unsparing in the the save the children paper Calls for the earliest possible education of children if the pandemic is to be the reports the first sexual experience occurs Between seven and 15 kids Between five and nine urgently need children Mac Malawi High commissioner to says his government has done much to educate the population about he the infection rate runs at a Little less than 15 per Many of those Are millions of refugees from neighbouring Mozambique have streamed across the the pain of those people has changed the face of they might have their legs blown off by landmines or shot says that is what is most important the his testing want done at the we have Young girls we have some reckless and we have someone comes in with a Little Money and offers it to a Young she takes and she becomes in the brutality of Chil Dren Are often treated the most has sliced a Section out of a generation of Young kids whose parents Are whose healthcare workers Are dead and whose Vil Lages have they have no voice and they Are its our duty to respond approx Sowa we All have it is not just the children who die millions More Are we Are All really complicit if we do not Hope has been a constant Visi Tor at the seen in the stories of the survivors and those who labour to rattle the cages of the Sowa also sees however far on the horizon it might i think there Are some very committed people and very intelligent people she but none of those Are far greater resources Are need we need people to act with the real Hope is the we need to involve the they will be our Dallaire to be childrens advocate in War zones by David Kuxhaus former Romeo Dallaire will head Back into the Field to help War affected working As a special advisor to Maria Federal min ister of International Minna said dal Laire will be her eyes and ears on the the general has been involved very intimately in situations of watch ing children and their problems and the suffering that they go said i can think of no one else who would have the ability to assist me in devel Oping programs that Are As commander of the in who left the military this summer after taking medical leave in witnessed up to Tutsi and Hutu moderates slaughtered by Hutu Dallaire said yesterday that he is eager to get his boots he said its imperative that nations put the inter ests of children before their own i am very to get out there and reset those eyes of those eyes of he Minna also announced yesterday that the Canadian 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