BRUTALITY AGAINST CHILDREN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REACHES UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS – UN

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From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 22 Jan 2014 18:00:00 -0500
Subject: BRUTALITY AGAINST CHILDREN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
REACHES UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS – UN
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BRUTALITY AGAINST CHILDREN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC REACHES
UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS – UNNew York, Jan 22 2014 6:00PMWith brutality
against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) reaching
unprecedented levels as youngsters are maimed, killed and beheaded,
and amid rampant sexual violence, the world community must use all the
tools at its disposal to stop the conflict, the Security Council was
warned today.

"This crisis has been looming for over a year and we have run out of
time to prevent the violence from escalating," UN Special
Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui told
the 15-member body in a briefing on her visit to the impoverished
war-torn country last month. "Our only option today is to scale up our
response with robust, immediate and urgent actions."

Nearly half a million children are among the almost 1 million driven
from their homes in 13 months of violence, as many as 6,000 children
may currently be associated with various armed forces and groups, and
"today, the country is trapped in a spiral of vengeance, which has
destroyed the social fabric and undermined trust among communities for
generations to come," she said.

Her testimony was the latest in a series of increasingly grim reports
on CAR, which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon two days ago called "a
crisis of epic proportions."

Thousands of people are estimated to have been killed, and 2.2
million, about half the population, need humanitarian aid in a
conflict which erupted when mainly Muslim Séléka rebels launched
attacks in December 2012 and has taken on increasingly sectarian
overtones as mainly Christian militias known as anti-Balaka
(anti-machete) have taken up arms.

"I witnessed these communities pitted against one another; who have
fled and sought refuge around churches and mosques," Ms. Zerrougui
said. "They are living in fear of being attacked or even of burying
their dead. Entire villages have been burnt and are burning down as we
speak here today."

She noted that children have been directly attacked, maimed, killed
and beheaded not only in Bangui, the capital, but also in the
provincial towns of Buar, Bossangoa and Bozoum. "During my visit, I
witnessed youth who have taken up arms. They have been manipulated by
both sides and divided along religious lines. They have become both
victims and perpetrators of the ongoing sectarian violence," she
added.

"Schools and hospitals have been attacked and looted, medical
personnel have been repeatedly threatened and brutally targeted
everywhere in the country, leaving an already fragile social
infrastructure and basic services in complete disarray."

Ms. Zerrougui stressed that the proposed reinforcement of the
African-led International Support Mission to CAR (MISCA), the
continued engagement of French troops, known as SANGARIS, and an
urgent strengthening of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the
country (BINUCA), which she called at present "all too limited," are
key to ensuring human rights monitoring and protection.

She said she is encouraged by the recent election of Catherine
Samba-Panza as Head of the Transition in the CAR joined her in urging
all parties to immediately stop the violence.

"We need to send a stronger signal to perpetrators of these atrocious
crimes that they will be held to account," she concluded. "The
international community should spare no efforts and use all the tools
at its disposal. It is crucial to assist the transitional authorities
to restore law enforcement and establish a judicial response to the
ongoing violations. This is essential to deter further violence and
start to re-establish trust among communities."

The Council was briefed by a number of other senior officials,
including Adama Dieng, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the
Prevention of Genocide, and Kyung-wha Kang, UN Deputy Emergency Relief
Coordinator.

Mr. Ban's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab
Hawa Bangura, whose Chief of Staff Nancee Oku Bright joined Ms.
Zerrougui on her mission to CAR in December, told the Council that
many of the worst predictions on the country have come true.

"Sexual violence continues to be pervasive in the conflict," she said,
noting that between January and November 2013, the UN recorded at
least 4,530 cases of such abuse perpetrated by armed men, largely
believed to be Séléka, with fresh reports coming in during last
month's attacks in Bangui.

"The team received reports of sexual violence used by anti-Balaka and
Séléka during house-to-house searches and during retaliatory attacks,"
she said. "The mission also confirmed that forced marriages, sometimes
involving children, were being contracted mainly by Séléka elements."

There are also numerous allegations that internally displaced persons
(IDP) camps, most of which shelter elements of armed groups, are the
scene of conflict-related sexual violence, with victims afraid to come
forward due to the continued presence of these groups.

"The international community must improve the coordination of its
efforts in the CAR," she stressed. "The establishment of simple tools
such as emergency hotlines and coordinated rapid response mechanisms
can save lives."Jan 22 2014 6:00PM
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