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UNICEF calls for demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers

30 October 2002
With up to one quarter of the world’s estimated 300,000 child soldiers serving in the East Asia and Pacific region, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today in Bangkok called for new and concerted efforts to demobilize and assist young conscripts.

South Africa: UN rights expert calls for action to stem apparent rise in child exploitation

4 October 2002
A United Nations human rights expert has called for urgent action to stem an apparent increase in sexual violence against children in South Africa.