US government threatens sanctions over child soldiers WASHINGTON DC (1 Sep.)
The United States has threatened to sanction individuals involved in the recruitment of child soldiers after a UNICEF report implicated government officials in the practice. US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said that the US is "profoundly alarmed" at the UNICEF report, which says that government and opposition forces continued recruiting after the July 7th violence in the capital of Juba. "The continued unlawful recruitment and use of children in armed conflict in South Sudan is unacceptable. Eliminating the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers for armed groups in South Sudan is a leading priority of the United States," Kirby said in a statement. According to UNICEF, at least 650 children have been recruited into armed groups this year alone, and around 16,000 have been recruited since South Sudan's civil war began in December 2013. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oods_TgT52%2BEn55JJGdgd%2BqvdaX%2B-q3HdXVTjsY7LRemA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
