The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its examination of an initial report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by asking the delegation, among other things, about the situation of children sentenced to capital punishment.The cases of four children under 16 awaiting execution after being sentenced to death was also raised.Introducing her country's initial report, Ebamba Boboto, Minister of Social Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that the efforts of the Government to implement the rights of children would have been more significant had the war of aggression not created impediments.