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Forum on child soldier demobilisation

    NAIROBI
    The DRC government has launched an international forum on the demobilisation of child soldiers and their reintegration into society. At the forum, which began in Kinshasa this week, the government reiterated its commitment to demobilising child soldiers. UNICEF said about 120 people were taking part in the meeting, due to run from 6 to 10 December. Addressing the forum, DRC Human Rights Minister Leonard She Okitundu reminded participants that the government had undertaken not to recruit children under 18 years of age and not to send minors to the front. The Algerian ambassador to DRC, representing the OAU, said the Kinshasa forum was a step towards "concretising" the Lusaka ceasefire accord and peace in DRC.

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