Monday 20 June 2011

Air Strikes and Children's Deaths

Children are becoming war victims through out the world and the latest is the deaths of children in the NATO attacks on Syria. Though the world has advanced a lot, children are not being spared from becoming the victims of the wars.

Ever since wars have began in the world women and the children are becoming victims. In olden days women were being raped, children were being killed by enemy forces. In the modern days, the children and women are becoming victims to the air strikes. From the first world war to recent strikes on the middle east countries, children have became victims.

Thousands of children are dying during the strikes and the aggressors are not showing any mercy on the children. Though they claim that no child has been targeted, the reports coming from the field suggest the other way.

Though the developed nations are claiming that their strikes are accurate and they are pointed only on military establishments, they are proving to be wrong. In most of the strikes, children are dying and are becoming impaired for their life. International organisations like UN and UNESCO are not showing any interest in this area and are unable to control the aggressors.

Victim countries are unable to raise their voice and the media is also failing in proving that the children are being made victims in the air strikes. The NGOs working for the children are unable to make the world listen their voice and this is becoming bane for the children caught in the war ravaged countries.

Not only the children are losing their limbs and life in the strikes, they are not able to get enough food and medical aid in time. Due to air strikes, the transportation is being suspended causing dearth of food and medicine.

In some countries even the hospitals are being destroyed and are being destructed by the air strikes. Thousands of mothers are losing their children and the children are losing their parents. The other countries are not bothering about this issue.

However, there is a need to raise the voice against this cruelty and put an end to the victimisation of children in the war.

When a country is going to come under attack, the international agencies must put their observers there and find out whether the children are being killed or not. The countries under attack must protect the children by placing them in a distant locations from the striking areas.

Parents must also take away their children to safe and secured areas so that the kids did not become victims. If possible they shall build under ground bunkers and keep the children there. International agencies shall take up campaign against those countries who are stinking the civilian areas.

International laws must be implemented against those countries which are either using the children as covers or bombing the civilian areas. The other countries shall also bring pressure on the aggressor countries not to victimise children.

Children shall be taught how to protect themselves when air strikes are being taken up. However this is possible only in the case of children about 10 years. Below 10 years old children can not protect themselves and the communities shall form groups to protect the children.

The neutral countries shall send medical and food aid to the victimised countries so that the children are not denied food and medical attention.

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