![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Stressing that all perpetrators of such acts must be swiftly brought to justice and held accountable, including through timely and systematic investigation, prosecution and as appropriate conviction, and noting that some of the above‑mentioned acts are prohibited and criminalized under Law No. 09/001 on the protection of the child, adopted by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10 January 2009, including the recruitment and use of children by national armed forces or non‑State armed groups.Calling on them to further implement previous conclusions of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (documents S/AC.51/2007/17, S/AC.51/2009/3, S/AC.51/2011/1 and S/AC.51/2014/3).Strongly condemning all violations and abuses that continue to be committed against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, urging them to immediately end and prevent all violations of applicable international law involving the recruitment and use of children, abduction, killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals and denial of humanitarian access and to comply with their obligations under international law.To all parties to the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the Forces armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC), the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR), the Forces de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FRPI), NDC‑Renove, Kamuina Nsapu, Bana Mura and various Mayi-Mayi groups, and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF): ![]() At its 73 rd meeting, on 7 August 2018, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the sixth report of the Secretary‑General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (document S/2018/502) agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group: ![]()
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