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| UN Investigates Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan |
| 2011-06-09 |
| [Tolo News] The United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... has started investigations into civilian casualties, especially child deaths in both beturbanned goon attacks and operations conducted by foreign troops. Dr Peter Wittig, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and the Chairman of the UN Security Council Working Group, has recently come to Kabul and has called on all involved sides in Afghan conflict to seriously avoid civilian deaths in their activities. Peter Wittig, who is expected to chair a UN Security Council summit in July this year, said the summit will focus on how civilian deaths happen in war-weary Afghanistan. The UN envoy has also called on Afghan government to allow probes into children jails while saying the organisation was shocked about the use of children in suicide kabooms. "Violation incidents should be investigated. My last point comes back to the issue of education. The right of education should be safeguarded, especially in times of armed conflict," he said. He warned that if the Taliban keep using children in their suicide attacks, the United Nations will insert their names in the black list. He said names of a number of Taliban leaders will be delisted by mid June. "There are a number of delisting requests on the table of the committee; they are being examined as we speak. The decision on a number of delisting requests will have to be taken by mid June," Peter Wittig said. "I am confident that there will be some delistings taken place by then, but that pretends to the authority of the Security Council sanctions' committee which has to decide up to mid of June and of course we cannot pre-judge the decision." Dr Wittig urged international forces in the country to provide him with information about the incidents that have led to civilian deaths including children. |
| Posted by:Fred |