Iraqi children are still suffering – NGO organization

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Tammouz for Social Development Organization said that the Iraqi children are still suffering all forms of agony, though Iraq signed the Child Rights Treaty. In its report issued today on the International Child Rights Day, copy received by IraqiNews.com, it said that 20 November of each year was chosen to be an international day for child rights. “Despite the passage of more than 24 years for endorsing the treaty, Iraqi children are still suffering all forms of agony which was prohibited by the treaty”, the report said. It referred to the children escape from school during the last few years for work in unsuitable types of professions, despite their age, and their exploitation by armed organizations for terrorist actions. The report added that the children were used by drugs gangs and militias. “The negative aspects of the arms used by US occupation force in 1991 and 2003 wars have their effects on children”, the report stressed. It called governmental and parliamentary organs to “take heed of the situation of the children and lay down a clear-cup strategy in this regard, in cooperation with NGOs.