United Nations S/2009/434
Security Council Distr.
: General
28 August 2009
Original: English
09-48873 (E) 040909
*0948873*
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed
conflict in Colombia
Summary
The present report has been prepared in accordance...
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United Nations S/2009/434
Security Council Distr.
: General
28 August 2009
Original: English
09-48873 (E) 040909
*0948873*
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed
conflict in Colombia
Summary
The present report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of
resolution 1612 (2005).
It is presented to the Security Council and its Working Group
on Children and Armed Conflict as the first country report for Colombia from the
monitoring and reporting mechanism referred to in paragraph 3 of that resolution,
which was formally established in Colombia in December 2008.
The report, which covers the period from January to December 2008 provides
information on grave violations against children, such as killing and maiming, the
recruitment and use of children in armed forces and groups, abduction of children,
sexual violence against children, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of
humanitarian access to children.
The report stresses the priority of combating
impun
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