Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnora Fri september 2000 War child 16 child soldiers returned War child Canada footing Bill for their immediate release from Sudan by Kim Guttormson sixteen ugandan abducted to serve As child soldiers in were on their Way Home the announcement helped close Winnipeg we Klong conference on War affected youth on a note of Canada is footing the Bill for the immediate release of the and taking a key role in the push to free an estimated other children held in i dont want to make it sound like this is a huge it is a supporting for eign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said yesterday As the International conference Drew to a it is an affirmation coming out of this meeting that there is a political will to do something about it and i think that whats Canada and Egypt Are party to the Deal signed yesterday which Calls for the repatriation of with More talks Over the next two months and a ministerial review in but exactly when All the children will be Home is up in the Sudan is undertaking to work for the imme Diate release of abducted children the govern ment of Uganda is undertaking those measures to ensure their return and said Canada and Egypt will Monitor the Canada is putting up million to help repatriate and care for children trapped in Uganda and will make More Money available if Neces said International cooperation minister Maria the diplomatic breakthrough allowed Axworthy to leave the conference which Many Felt accomplish anything a political it also added momentum to an Agenda that focused on the rights of Many doubted Axworthy ambitious goal of brokering the release of the abducted by the lords resistance a Sudan based rebel would Bear any especially with Sudan denial of the you cant have a conference on this Issue in Canada and not Deal seriously with the Issue of Sudan and the said Kathy Vandergrift of world vision an agreement reached last december in Nairobi Between Uganda and Sudan was also to plan inked will it work some delegates have their doubts by Kim Guttormson have facilitated the release of the child sol Vandergrift said yesterdays agreement is a step beyond the one signed in Nairobi because it includes International we will Monitor it More vigorously than in the the people of Uganda Are not ready for another failed she adding another 130 children were abducted by the Lra after the last agreement was my concern Cut the political posturing and get on with the there Are a number of things the government of Sudan can do to make sure its a real agreement and not a Token there Are a lot of things the government of Uganda can but its 16 that always Good Lara the uns special representative to the Secretary general on children and armed echoed that its very Good 16 Are of Tunny said at a closing news but 16 is not Sudan external affairs minister Mustafa Osman the focus of we Klong protests by the local sudanese said he feels his country has been unfairly targeted during the during an afternoon news he pointed to the Sudan Peoples liberation a rebel group operating in Southern Sudan which has also been known to abduct children to use As and he took shots at Uganda role in the return of child implying that country want helping them return Joe Winnipeg free press Philip a member of Mani Tobas sudanese protests above with about so oth ers in front of the Winnipeg convention Center yesterday morn at Ismail says his country has been unfairly All abducted children in Sudan would be repatriated to Uganda if Uganda cooperates he he stressed that returning child soldiers int let me put one Issue in front of you he if you can solve the problem of abducted children without reaching out for a peaceful set dont think anybody would say a group of about 40 was in front of the convention Centre again chanting that Ismail is a a killer of children and Raper of they Are angry Axworthy even invited Ismail to participate in the there is also anger at the Canadian govern ment for allowing Calgary based Talisman to help the sudanese government make huge Oil the Freeli Isser autism society part of world not a world apart 204 7839563 after a week in which the horrors people Are capable of producing were placed on Winnipeg the inter National conference on War affected children wrapped up with a plan designed to make those stories ancient the foreign ministers in attendance adopted the 14point Agenda for War affected which included a Call for increased the release of child stopping the use of children As pawns in War and stopping the flow of but the conferences honorary Graa said she was leaving with mixed feelings because the final Agenda was weaker than its initial in very encouraged by the series of commitments governments and organizations have already made in trans forming our words into said who authored a in document assessing the Impact of War on but i say mixed because i had an i Hope its i had the understanding the declaration was somehow weaker than what came from the what came from the experts i have a deep concern on it seems As if we Haven yet come to a Point of understanding that were not negotiating words when were writing we Are Deal ing with human because of that it leaves me seriously disturbed there Are some attending who say we go so we have to face the children and we deserve your Trust As your parents and As your Lara the special representative to the in Secretary general on children and armed said what this conference accomplished was the not simple task of bringing a lot of people to the table to talk about the con in terms of visibility for this its very import he before catching his plane Back to new while of Tunny agreed with Machel about the outcome of the conference being he said its to be expected when you have More than 50 politicians in a it would have been helpful to have very specific com some at the ministerial its important you have All the actors but its More less he the fact All ministers Are in that opens the door to do foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said the Agenda gives governments reference there is a Clear mandate for a steering group of ministers and countries to follow he considering its the first International meeting on the its a big step for International cooperation minister Maria Minna said regions affected by War have requested Canadas help in holding similar conferences on a smaller scale closer to where the problems Are of what the continuously changing headlines mean to you and your organization each Pius Usi Quincy lit to master 7803333 r from to Canadian unit to the Clinton adj Francis provocative and Down Refl explain what the continuously changing head i mean to you and your she inside information about How our Economy and your business will be f Francis is now financial Post editor at Lara Elor the National Simon Cotter Simon Cotter has been described As Bill Cosby with an and the Toronto Star called him a charismatic storyteller 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