UN envoy here for probe on child soldiers

A United Nations envoy on matters relating to children in armed conflicts is coming to Sri Lanka to personally check on reports of continuing recruitment of child soldiers by the LTTE and the Karuna faction, a UN official said.

Ambassador Rock

Allan Rock, a former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, is being sent by UN Special Rapporteur Radhika Coomaraswamy following reports that the Karuna faction is also now abducting and recruiting children in the east.

The mission by Ambassador Rock comes after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern over continuing recruitment of children.

UNICEF Senior Programme Coordinator Yasmin Haque said they were in contact with the Karuna group regarding the issue and negotiating the release of the children.

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