In response, the DRC representative to the UN, Andre Kapanga, cited his government’s commitment to resolving the problem of conflict-affected children. He said his nation was only the third African country, after South Africa and Malawi, to adopt a National Action Plan on the matter, as called for by the 1993 Vienna World Conference. DRC, he said, had also ratified the UN Convention on Child Rights, and was in the process of doing so for the related OAU charter.
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