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NEWS By Aamna Mahboob and Easwaran Rutnam More than 1800 children were recruited by both the LTTE and the Karuna faction by the end of last year, the UN Child's rights group UNICEF told the Daily Mirror adding that the actual figure is estimated to be much higher but goes unreported. Despite commitments by both sides to release the child recruits little progress seems to have been made and the UN will take up the matter when a report on Sri Lanka is studied at a security council working group session early next month. UNICEF is however of the view the LTTE, which promised to release all under aged youth by the end of this month, is making progress on the issue, although according to the police the LTTE abducted at least 42 youth last week. They are being held in Kokadicholai, Batticaloa. "The LTTE are making progress on the issue of releasing child recruits and importantly they continue to remain engaged on the issue", Gordon Weiss the communication Chief of UNICEF in Sri...

By Aamna Mahboob and Easwaran Rutnam More than 1800 children were recruited by both the LTTE and the Karuna faction by the end of last year, the UN Child's rights group UNICEF told the Daily Mirror adding that the actual figure is estimated to be much higher but goes unreported. Despite commitments by both sides to release the child recruits little progress seems to have been made and the UN will take up the matter when a report on Sri Lanka is studied at a security council working group session early next month. UNICEF is however of the view the LTTE, which promised to release all under aged youth by the end of this month, is making progress on the issue, although according to the police the LTTE abducted at least 42 youth last week. They are being held in Kokadicholai, Batticaloa. "The LTTE are making progress on the issue of releasing child recruits and importantly they continue to remain engaged on the issue", Gordon Weiss the communication Chief of UNICEF in Sri Lank...