[BUJUMBURA] – Burundi's FNL rebel group vowed Saturday to release child soldiers in their ranks by the end of January, the latest step in the country's fledgling peace process, an official said.The National Liberation Liberation Forces (FNL),...
بالعربيةCouncil resolution 7/3 asks that the High Commissioner for Human Rights consults with States, NGOs and others on how to better international cooperation and dialogue in the UN human rights...
Summary: This year's theme is 'Lead, Empower, Deliver'As the world takes stock of its efforts to address the epidemic, at least one children’s organisation was warning against spending cuts on HIV and AIDS in light of the global financial...
Although sandwiched between the Convention on the Right's of the Child's 18th and 20th birthdays, this year's Universal Children's Day, which falls on 20 November, has nonetheless been marked with a flurry of activity across...
[BUJUMBURA, 17 November 2008] - A six-year-old boy was killed and his body dismembered in the east African state of Burundi, an official said on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks in the region on albinos, whose bodies are...
[BUJUMBURA, 9 June 2008] - Burundi's last active armed opposition group, the Forces nationales de libération (FNL), has continued to recruit children into its ranks despite recent moves to end rebellion, a senior official said. 'Children who...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, including developing friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples,...
[NEW YORK, 6 May 2008] - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Coomaraswamy, welcomes the recent release of 232 child soldiers in Burundi. The release is the result of eight months of negotiations...
In Arabic[3 April 2008] – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark...
Summary: Burundi's teachers are calling for more HIV/AIDS education in schools, to ensure that older primary school pupils and secondary school students, many of whom are sexually active, are properly equipped with the facts about the pandemic.Owner...
