Gun Policy News
29 January 2004
Latin America Press
Easy access to small arms following armed conflicts in Guatemala and El Salvador has exacerbated violence in those countries, with children being the main victims, United Nations Secretary Kofi Annan said.
Some 370 children and young people under 23 were killed in Guatemala City in the first half of 2003, according to a recent UN report. Of them, more than 100 were street children under 18.
Annan said that the impact of wars on children goes much further and as an... (GunPolicy.org)