CAR: UN AGENCY ‘CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’ KILLING OF TEEN LINKED TO REBELS

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CAR: UN AGENCY 'CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS' KILLING OF TEEN
LINKED TO REBELSNew York, May 10 2013 1:00PMThe United Nations
Children's Fund today condemned in the strongest possible terms the
re-recruitment and the killing of a 17-year-old boy in the Central
African Republic (CAR) associated with the Séléka rebel coalition and
called for the release of all children linked to the group.

"All children have the right to be protected from violence," Marixie
Mercado, spokesperson for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) told
journalists in Geneva.

"The recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is one of the
six grave children's rights violations according to Security Council
Resolution 1612 and those who commit such crimes against children must
be held accountable," she added.

According to information provided, a mob stoned to death the boy and a
19-year-old as they were trying to steal a vehicle in a neighbourhood
of the capital city, Bangui. The two were acting on orders from a
Séléka officer known as "The Colonel", who escaped from the mob.

In a <"http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/media_69081.html">news
release, UNICEF representative in CAR, Souleymane Diabaté, expressed
sympathy to the families of the two young people and urged action
against the groups linked to underage recruitment.

"We call for urgent efforts to protect children affected by conflict,
request the immediate release of all children associated with armed
groups. Action must be taken against those who are recruiting and
using children to commit crimes," Mr. Diabaté stressed.

In Geneva, Ms. Mercado confirmed the 17 and the 19-year-old had been
demobilized from the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace
(CPJP) rebel movement, and part of a group of 64 children and youths
moved to Bangui when the Séléka launched an offensive in the country
in December 2012.

"Many were placed with foster families and some were re-recruited
after the Séléka took over the capital in March," Ms. Mercado said.

Half of the population of the CAR - approximately 2.3 million - are
directly or indirectly affected by the insecurity and the conflict,
UNICEF today said, with most schools closed, health and nutrition
centres looted and damaged, and water unsafe.

"Right now, for example, there was a measles outbreak in Bangui, in a
context where public health services were not strong to begin with the
risks to children were enormous," Ms. Mercado noted.

"UNICEF called upon all authorities to establish law, peace and order
as quickly as possible to protect civilians, especially women and
children. They also called upon the authorities to protect
humanitarian workers, ensure they could reach populations in need and
that their supplies were not looted," she underscored.

Despite the prevailing insecurity, there were 809 national and
international humanitarian workers in CAR, mostly concentrated in the
capital Bangui, according to the Office for the Coordination for
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).May 10 2013 1:00PM
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