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G Cord Nation

Nuclear Weapons Programs - Brazil - 0 views

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    Brazil pursued a covert nuclear weapons program in response to Argentina's program. It developed a modest nuclear power program, enrichment facilitiesBrazil's nuclear capabilities are the most advanced in Latin America; that the United States had been an unreliable supplier, Brazil was forced to look elsewhere for assistance. Brazil made a radical change in 1975, when it opted for nuclear technology from West Germany, despite strong protests from the United States. The agreement, signed on June 27, called for West Germany to transfer eight nuclear reactors (each of which could produce 1,300 megawatts), a commercial-scale uranium enrichment facility, a pilot-scale plutonium reprocessing plant, and Becker "jet nozzle" enrichment technology. West Germany's Kraftwerk Union, an affiliate of Siemens, was hired to construct the power plants. The projected cost of the program was US$4 billion, to be paid over a fifteen-year period. The most important element of the agreement was that it called for the first-ever transfer of technology for a complete nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment and reprocessing. The United States government opposed the accord vigorously. Although it was unable to revoke the agreement, the United States convinced West Germany to enact stringent safeguards. Through a series of agreements, Brazil and Argentina have defused the issue of nuclear rivalry. On May 20, 1980, while under military rule, both countries signed the Brazilian-Argentine Agreement on the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy, establishing technical cooperation in developing the nuclear fuel cycle and coordination of nuclear policy. President Sarney and Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín strengthened this cooperation in 1985, with the Joint Declarations on Nuclear Policy of Foz do Iguaçu. After the 1985 agreement, the presidents and technical staffs made reciprocal visits to nonsafeguarded nuclear installations in both countries. The heads of state made subsequent joint declarations
A Redman

Children and armed conflict - SecCo presidential statement, debate - Press release (exc... - 0 views

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  • The Council had before it the report of the Secretary-General on Children and armed conflict (document S/2007/757), which covers progress in the implementation of resolution 1612 (2005) on that topic, from October 2006 to August 2007, and includes information on compliance in ending grave violations, such as the recruitment and use of child soldiers, as well as cross-cutting issues that have arisen due to the changing nature of conflicts.
  • MAGED ABDELAZIZ ( Egypt) said that the monitoring mechanism should be extended to situations related to children in occupied Palestine, as reflected in the report, as well as to the sufferings of Lebanese children from the extensive and unprecedented use by Israel of cluster bombs during the 2006 conflict in southern Lebanon.  All violations should be treated on an equal footing, and no child should be left under those or any other conflicts without international protection.   Egypt supported most of the Secretary-General's recommendations especially that equal weight be given to all categories of grave violations. He also supported the recommendations aiming at making adequate resources and funding available by donors to national Governments, the United Nations and partners to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of children in armed conflicts and address immediately the grave humanitarian, human rights and development consequences of cluster munitions.  In the annexes, it was necessary to include a reference to the violations of Israel of its commitments as an occupying Power, particularly those related to guaranteeing peace and security of children in the Occupied Arab Territories, in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Egypt appreciated extensive efforts by the Working Group, according to its current mandate, without expanding it to include the imposition of targeted measures on parties who committed grave violations against children in all situations of concern.  Such an expansion of the mandate might affect the balance needed to deal with all aspects of situations of concern listed in the annexes, whether they were included on the Council agenda or not, without concentrating on a certain aspect at the expense of others.  To accomplish all targeted goals, the office of the Special Representative should coordinate with the new office of the Special Representative for Violence against Children.
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      A Redman on 01 May 09
       
      See highlight above, Maged Abdelaziz (Egypt Rep to UN) supports highlighted above)
D Goldsholl

Sierra Leone: Child Soldiers - 0 views

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Sierra Leone child soldiers

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  • Child Soldiers
  • The camp director said that when the youths had been given drugs-most likely, amphetamines-while soldiering, they "would do just about anything that was ordered." Some, he added, were proud of having been effective killers.
  • Many of the boys, ranging from nine to 16 years of age, had killed people as they fought in a civil war that paused with a fragile cease-fire in 1995.
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  • shortly before been willing to kill and who had never received an adequate foundation of moral development,
  • end of the Cold War ushered in an era of ethnopolitical conflicts that are seldom fought on well-defined battlefields
  • increasingly internal,
  • characterized by butchery; violence against women, and atrocities sometimes committed by former neighbors.
  • 80 percent of the victims are noncombatants, mostly women and children.
  • children serve as combatants or as cooks, informants, porters, bodyguards, sentries, and spies.
  • children participate in relatively unstructured but politically motivated acts of violence, such as throwing stones or planting bombs.
  • far greater problem than suggested by the scant attention it has received.
  • found from Central America to the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, and from Belfast in the north to Angola in the south.
  • The problem defies gender boundaries.
  • Typically, sexual victimization is a part of soldiering for girls, many of whom are forced to become "soldiers' wives." After the conflict ends, families and local communities may reject the girls as impure or unsuitable for marriage. Desperate to survive, many former girl soldiers become prostitutes.
  • The use of child soldiers violates international norms. The U. N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), signed in 1989 and ratified by more than 160 nations, establishes 15 years as the minimum recruitment age. In fact, most countries have endorsed an optional protocol that boosts the minimum recruitment age to 18 years.
  • Yes," he said. He would have done "what he had to do." When asked what he wanted for the future, he said, "I only want to go to school."
  • in developing countries, in which children constitute nearly half the population and in which children are often reared in a system that mixes war, poverty, violence, hunger, environmental degradation, and political instability.
  • Many Angolan children report nightmares and flashbacks, display heightened aggressiveness, and suffer from hopelessness. Thousands of children-defined as people under 18 years of age-entered the military. For both parents and children, war had become normal.
  • Violent youths, however, may yet sabotage the cease-fire.
  • How widespread is child soldiering? Numbers are hard to come by. The destruction and turmoil of war make it difficult to create and preserve accurate records. Particularly in Africa, many countries have no history of keeping precise birth records.
  • military groups, governmental and rebel, make no attempt to document or accurately report the ages of the children they recruit.
  • The best estimate-which is admittedly soft-is that in the mid-1990s, there were about a quarter of a million child soldiers, current or recently demobilized.
  • D Goldsholl on 01 May 09
     
    more stuff on child soldiers
Taylor Parsons

Position Paper - Italy - 0 views

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Italy nuclear

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  • Recalling Article I of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Republic of Italy commends the international community and expresses its appreciation for steps taken toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. Italy recognizes the establishment of Nuclear-Free Zones as codified in Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones–Challenges and Opportunities (1999) as confidence and peace building measures crucial for maintaining international security, and proudly notes the declaration that five of our Northern states are NWFZs. We reaffirm the Antarctic Treaty and Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty, declaring the respective regions to be Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs). We also draw attention to the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and of Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof, particularly Article I declaring the sea-bed as a NWFZ. Taking note of A/RES/58/34, Italy recognizes the importance of the creation of a NWFZ in the Middle East and cordially invites countries to take action in furtherance of this goal. We urge signatory states of the aforementioned treaties to abide by the agreements they entered into voluntarily for the stability and peace of the international community. —James Knupp, Wright State University, 2004
    • Taylor Parsons
      Taylor Parsons on 01 May 09
       
      Italy on Nuclear free zones.
  • Taylor Parsons on 01 May 09
     
    Italy on nuclear free zones. following acts
J Brown

Nuclear Weapons Program - Egypt - 0 views

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Egypt Nuclear

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  • J Brown on 01 May 09
     
    Talks about Egypt and their past with nuclear weapons.
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    Nuclear Weapons Program Egypt has not engaged in significant efforts to develop a nuclear weapons capability. Evidently Egypt has decided to concentrate on increasing conventional forces, and chemical and biological weapons, rather than developing nuclear weapons. The Egyptian nuclear program was launched in 1954. Egypt acquired its first nuclear reactor from the Soviet Union in 1961. The two megawatt reactor was opened by President Gamal Abdel-Nasser at Inchass, in the Nile Delta. The Soviets controlled the disposal of this small nuclear research reactor's spent fuel, which in any event was not capable of producing a significant amount of weapons-grade material. Egyptian nuclear ambitions were discarded following the 1967 defeat at the hands of Israel. Egypt signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1968 but delayed ratifying it, presumably because the government had evidence that Israel had embarked on a nuclear weapons program. Subsequently, Egypt lost many of its nuclear experts who had to travel abroad to seek work opportunities. Some emigrated to Canada and others joined the Iraqi nuclear program. At the same time, however, serious work on developing nuclear potential designated for use in power engineering, agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, and genetics continues. Industrial incorporation of four explored uranium deposits is planned, including the extraction and enrichment of uranium for subsequent use as fuel for atomic power plants. In 1975 the United States agreed in principle on a program to supply Egypt with power reactors. The US promised to provide Egypt with eight nuclear power plants and the necessary cooperation agreements were signed. The plan was subject to a trilateral safeguards agreement signed by the United States, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Egypt. In the late 1970s, the US unilaterally revised the bilateral agreements and introduced new conditions that were unacceptable to the Egyptian gove
A Fagerstal

War on Terrorism - Children Used as Soldiers in Iraq - 0 views

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Child Soldiers

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  • Armed opposition groups within Iraq are also known to use child soldiers. In 1998, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was believed to have 3,000 child soldiers in its forces, more than 10 percent of which were girls. Reports indicate that the PKK has used children since 1994 and even developed a children’s battalion named Tabura Zaroken Sehit Agit. A child as young as seven was reported in the PKK’s ranks. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), another Iraqi opposition group is also believed to use children as soldiers. Reports have indicated children as young as 10 serving within the PUK’s ranks.
  • Armed opposition groups within Iraq are also known to use child soldiers. In 1998, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was believed to have 3,000 child soldiers in its forces, more than 10 percent of which were girls. Reports indicate that the PKK has used children since 1994 and even developed a children’s battalion named Tabura Zaroken Sehit Agit. A child as young as seven was reported in the PKK’s ranks. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), another Iraqi opposition group is also believed to use children as soldiers. Reports have indicated children as young as 10 serving within the PUK’s ranks. As the United States sends more troops to the region and plans for a possible ground invasion, occupation, or other kind of operation, the fact that Iraq has thousands of military trained children should not be taken lightly or ignored completely. U.S. military forces may come into contact with child soldiers in the course of military operations in Iraq, as the number of children in the Iraqi military and opposition groups will increase during times of active fighting. The U.S. military needs to provide training to its soldiers before deploying to Iraq to help troops prepare for the reality of facing children in combat. The first U.S. casualty in Afghanistan was reportedly due to the gunfire of a 14-year-old child. The U.S. military would be well served to address the likelihood of direct combat with children before troops are deployed to avoid the shock and horror of seeing armed children renders U.S. troops defenseless.
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    Use of child soldiers in Iraq
H Fleming

UNICEF - Chad - Despite challenges, UNICEF continues to push for release of child soldiers - 0 views

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  • On 9 May 2007, UNICEF and the Government of Chad signed an agreement for the demobilization of child soldiers throughout the country. The accord follows Chad’s commitment at the Paris Protocols, agreed in February 2006, to demobilize children enrolled in armed forces and groups. Since February 2007, 555 children have been released.  The recruitment and use of children under the age of 15 is defined as a war crime in the statute of the International Criminal Court. Lured into conflict The estimated number of children involved in armed groups in Chad remains in the thousands. Vulnerable children are often lured into recruitment after suffering from poverty or the loss of family members. "When the men in nice uniforms came to our village promising food and clothes – and that I would get my own weapon – it sounded like a great opportunity," said Hachim. After he was demobilized, it still took some time for Hachim to feel comfortable returning to a life outside of conflict. "In the beginning, I didn’t want to leave my troops and I thought about returning every day," he said. "But then, one month after my arrival in the centre, our social worker found me a place with a local mechanic. This week, my supervisor informed me that they will give me a real job.” Ongoing conflict in the country has hampered the most recent demobilization process, but UNICEF continues to push for the release of children who are already involved with armed groups and is working to prevent the recruitment of additional minors.
E Griffith

Iraq | Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - 0 views

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Model UN Iraq- Child Soldiers

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  • Abductions of children by Iraqi armed groups related to the sectarian violence increased significantly, in addition to the number of children abducted for ransom. A survey conducted by several local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Baghdad indicated that at least 20,000 people had been abducted throughout the country in 2006, half of them women and children.6
  • Article 9 of the 2005 Iraqi constitution stated that “[t]he Iraqi Armed Forces and Security Services will be composed of the components of the Iraqi people with due consideration given to its balance and its similarity without discrimination or exclusion and shall be subject to the control of the civilian authority”, and that “[m]ilitary service shall be regulated by law”.
  • The government, through the Commission of Child Care, began to address the challenges confronting children in Iraq. The Commission established a committee, which recommended that the government sign the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.28
Kendall Schlim

Sweden (03/09) - 0 views

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  • four fundamental laws: the Instrument of Government (originally dating from June 6, 1809), the Act of Succession (1810), the Freedom of the Press Act (1949), and the Riksdag Act.
  • weden's government is a limited constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Popular government in Sweden rests upon ancient tradition. The Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) stems from tribal courts (Ting) and the election of kings during the Viking era. It became a permanent institution in the 15th century.
  • Swedish law draws upon Germanic and Roman traditions. It is neither as codified as French law nor as dependent on judicial precedent as U.S. law. Legislative and judicial institutions include, in addition to the Riksdag, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Labor Court, the Law Council, District Courts and Courts of Appeal, and the Public Prosecutor's Office. The parliamentary ombudsmen and the Chancellor of Justice oversee the application of laws with particular attention to abuses of authority.
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  • Ordinary general elections to the Swedish Parliament are held every fourth year on the third Sunday in September. County council and municipal council elections take place at the same time. A barrier rule exists to prevent very small parties from gaining representation in the Parliament. A party must thus receive at least 4% of the votes in the entire country or 12% in a single electoral district to qualify for any seats.
Lexi Bodick

Embassy of Yemen - Issues of Interest:  Yemeni-US Relationship - 0 views

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  • Yemen Intensified its diplomatic efforts to clarify its position and reverse the distorted image that hindered its relations with the U.S. during the Gulf Crisis.
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      Lexi Bodick on 01 May 09
       
      Yemen's relationship with the U.S. was rocky
  • hat became evident when the U.S. fully supported the Yemeni unity against the failed Separatist attempt in the summer of 1994. The U.S. also acknowledged Yemen for its efforts regarding democratic orientation, freedom of the press, parliamentary elections of 1993-1997 as well as its manifest backing of Economic and Financial Reforms with the cooperation of the IMF and the World Bank.
    • Lexi Bodick
      Lexi Bodick on 01 May 09
       
      THe U.S begins to appreciate and approve of Yemen. Yemen is becoming more westernized and like the United States. Their current 2009 relationship is very good.
A Farina

Global Crime Report | INVESTIGATION | The child soldiers of Sierra Leone part 1 | BBC W... - 0 views

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  • The child soldiers of Sierra Leone
  • Abducted by Sierra Leonean rebels as a child, he was forced to fight alongside them in the bush.
  • Revolutionary United Front (RUF)
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  • decade-long conflict
  • became a member of the infamous S.B.U. or Small Boys Unit.
  • unquestioning obedience
  • extreme cruelty.
  • often high on marijuana or crack cocaine, many of the thousands of children who took part in Sierra Leone's 10-year civil war visited terrible atrocities on the civilian population.
  • child soldiers sometimes cut open the bellies of pregnant women just to see what sex the child was.
  • Without the power of the gun, the guerrillas, and their child recruits, would simply not have been able to terrorise the country in the way they did.
  • attempted to comprehend it's own 'insanity'. Chief among the questions being asked is how factions like the RUF were able to acquire their weapons?
  • "They used to give us, the S.B.U, those small guns because if they give us some kind of heavy artillery we would not be able to carry them.
    • A Farina
      A Farina on 30 Apr 09
       
      they used this to make sure that they could still be mobile at the same time as deadly
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    Sierra leone CHild Soldiers
Evan Shapiro

The Use of Children as Soldiers in Africa report - 0 views

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  • owever, a law adopted the following year states that although volunteers must be 18 years of age, a non-emancipated minor can be enrolled with the consent of his tutor.4 It is not clear how these two laws can be legally reconciled. Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation indicated that there is no minimum age for the participation in an armed conflict
  • Chadian public prosecutor, quoted in the report, denounced recruitment by the gendarmerie of children aged between 12 and 15 which were used at checkpoints to arrest the so-called ‘codos’ (members of armed opposition groups). He added that these children frequently denounced people who were not members of the opposition groups. The authorities have admitted this unlawful recruitment
  • Evan Shapiro on 30 Apr 09
     
    child soldiers in africa chad stuff's highlighted
Graham Bradley

Reuters AlertNet - CHAD: Instability threatens demobilisation of child soldiers - 0 views

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  • Hidden recruitment Despite widespread accounts of child recruitment and the presence of children in armed groups, the subject remains taboo within rebel groups and the national army in Chad (ANT). Gen Béchir Ali Haggar, commander of the inter-army military schools group and representative of the Ministry of Defence working with humanitarian actors, told IRIN "officially" there are no longer children in the army. "When [rebel groups] integrated into the army [in 2007] they took many children and some [military] leaders tried to keep them. But the children were not paid by the army." But a senior army officer recognised that there "could be some children". And a soldier who recently worked in the east of the country told IRIN: "There are children, but not just in the army, the rebels have them [too]. This is a war, we need everyone".
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      Graham Bradley on 30 Apr 09
       
      This shows how children soldiers are both being hired for the national army and rebel groups
Taylor Parsons

Nuclear Energy in Italy : WNA - 1 views

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Italy nuclear

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  • Italy is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since 1975 as a non-nuclear weapons state. It is a member of both Euratom and the Nuclear Suppliers' Group. In 1998 it signed the Additional Protocol in relation to its safeguards agreements with the IAEA.
    • Taylor Parsons
      Taylor Parsons on 01 May 09
       
      treaty signed by Italy on nuclear safety
  • In 1964 CNEN was confirmed as the regulatory body for Italy's nuclear power, using safety criteria from UK and USA. It was later split into ENEA - responsible for research and promotion of nuclear energy, and ENEA/DISP as the independent regulatory body. This then became APAT, the Agency for Environmental Protection & Technical Services, as the regulatory body in charge of safety and licensing.  This in turn later became the nuclear department of the environmental protection institute - ISPRA. In 2008 parliament was considering legislation to set up an independent Agency for Nuclear Security (ASN) as the new regulator, with staff drawn from ISPRA and ENEA.
    • Taylor Parsons
      Taylor Parsons on 01 May 09
       
      More info. on Italy and its nuclear regulation and safety precautions
  • Italy has had four operating nuclear power reactors but shut the last two down following the Chernobyl accident. Over 10% of its electricity is now from nuclear power - all imported. The government intends to build new nuclear power plants by 2013.
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  • Italy was a pioneer of civil nuclear power and in 1946 established the first scientific body to pursue this. In 1952 it established an agency to develop and promote nuclear power, and this was reorganised in 1960 to become CNEN (National committee for nuclear energy).
N Howard

Australia Signs Protocol on Child Soldiers - Media Releases from the Australian Ministe... - 0 views

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Australia Signs Protocol on Child Soldiers

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  • Australia Signs Protocol on Child Soldiers
  • Australia has signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
  • Our signature demonstrates Australia's continuing commitment, not only to the promotion and protection of children's rights in this area, but also to the Convention's broader objectives.
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  • stablishes a new international standard for the protection of children in armed conflict and reflects fully Australia's preferred position.  It raises the age for participation in hostilities from 15 to 18 years and raises the age for voluntary recruitment into national armed forces from 15 to a minimum of 16 years.
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    Australia Signs Protocol on Child Soldiers
G Cord Nation

Brazil | Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - 0 views

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  • Public security was a major problem, with rioting in overcrowded prisons and generally high levels of violence, including killings of police, by criminal gangs.1 Children as young as seven continued to be involved in drug gangs in urban and rural areas, often being made responsible for gun and drug smuggling and distribution.2 Armed confrontations between urban-based drug factions killed hundreds of people every year.3 Children’s involvement in drug-based armed violence was reported in small towns as well as larger urban areas.4 Children as young as seven were reported to be armed and selling drugs in Rio de Janeiro.5 According to one study an estimated one in five youths was killed within two years of joining a drug gang.6 Recruitment and use of children by drug factions was regarded by some observers as comparable to that by forces involved in armed conflict: they targeted particular age groups for recruitment, allocated them specific functions and standing within the command structure, and rewarded them financially.
Taylor Parsons

UNITED NATIONS Regional Information Centre Magazine - Child soldiers - 0 views

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italy child soldiers

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  • With guidance from United Nations, including UNICEF and the Office of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and with the assistance of War Child Holland and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN, NYPAW will use education and art - including writing, public speaking, poetry, music, painting, storytelling and theatre - to raise awareness to the plight of children living in conflict zones and provide them with the necessary support.
    • Taylor Parsons
      Taylor Parsons on 30 Apr 09
       
      italy's contribution to child soldier issue
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    child soldier info.
N Howard

Media Release from the Minister for Foreign Affairs: Australia Joins Global Initiative ... - 0 views

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Media Release from the Minister for Foreign Affairs: Australia Joins Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

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  • Australia Joins Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
  • The Initiative aims to improve accounting, control and physical protection of nuclear and radioactive materials and facilities; suppress illicit trafficking, especially by terrorists, in such materials; respond to and mitigate any acts of nuclear terrorism; ensure cooperation in the development of technology; deny safe havens to nuclear terrorists; and ensure effective prosecution of nuclear terrorists.
  • complement Australian programs dealing with nuclear materials, as well as our counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation priorities in Australia and internationally.
  • N Howard on 30 Apr 09
     
    Media Release from the Minister for Foreign Affairs: Australia Joins Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Lexi Bodick

Embassy of Yemen - Issues of Interest:  Humanitarian Mine Action in Yemen - 0 views

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    • Lexi Bodick
      Lexi Bodick on 01 May 09
       
      Yemen has landmines left over from the 60s. It is a big issue.
  • There are an estimated 828,000 Yemeni civilians, roughly 6 percent of the total population, living in these communities. This means that at least one in every 16 Yemenis lives or works near or is otherwise affected by the presence of landmines.
  • Since FY 1998, U.S. government has provided humanitarian demining assistance to Yemen totaling over 6.8 million dollars. The U.S. contributed 1.8 million dollars in FY 2000 alone.
A Redman

Egypt News - Breaking World Egypt News - The New York Times - 0 views

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Model UN

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  • General Information on Egypt Official Name: Arab Republic of Egypt Capital: Cairo (Current local time) Government Type: Republic Chief of State: Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, president Population: 80.3 million Area: 386,000 square miles; approximately equal to Texas and New Mexico combined Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes Literacy: Total Population: [71%] Male: [83%]; Female: [59%] GDP Per Capita: $4,200 Year of Independence: 1922 Web site: Egypt.gov.eg (in Arabic)
    • A Redman
      A Redman on 30 Apr 09
       
      Useful Type of Gov., Literacy, Language
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