25/09/2012 10:27
Save the Children: Syria child trauma 'appalling'
Children in Syria are subjected to "appalling" torture, imprisonment and abduction, and these atrocities should be better documented, a new report by British charity Save the Children says, according to BBC.
Drawing on the testimony of Syrian refugee children, the charity calls on the United Nations to increase its presence on the ground.
It says almost every child it spoke to has seen a family member killed.
The report comes at the start of the UN General Assembly's annual meeting.
Earlier, UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said the situation in Syria is "extremely bad and getting worse."
Speaking after he had briefed the Security Council following his first visit to Syria since taking up the post, Mr Brahimi admitted he did not have a full plan on how to bring peace.
Although Syria is not formally on the agenda at the UN General Assembly's annual conference, it is expected to dominate discussions.