HAILING RELEASE OF CHILD SOLDIERS, UN CALLS ON BURMA TO ACCELERATE DISCHARGE EFFORTS

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HAILING RELEASE OF CHILD SOLDIERS, UN CALLS ON MYANMAR TO ACCELERATE
DISCHARGE EFFORTSNew York, Jul 8 2013 12:00PMThe United Nations has
welcomed the release of 42 children by the Myanmar Armed Forces, known
as the Tatmadaw, and called for accelerating the discharge of
remaining children within the ranks of the army.

The children were released to their families on Sunday in the presence
of senior Government officials as well as representatives from the UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the office of the UN Resident Coordinator
in Myanmar.

By the terms of an action plan signed with the UN last year, the
Myanmar Government has agreed to locate all children recruited by the
Tatmadaw with a view to ensuring their unconditional release, and
committed to discharging and facilitating their quick reintegration
back into their families and their communities.

"We expect the Tatmadaw will now be in a position to speed up the
release of all children," said UN Resident Coordinator Ashok Nigam.
"We are very happy for the 42 children and their families today but we
must accelerate efforts so that many more children benefit from
release."

The action plan also includes commitments to allow UN monitoring teams
to access military facilities and to training military personnel on
how to better protect, respect and promote the rights of Myanmar's
children.

"All parties recognize this is about the future of Myanmar. No child
should have to endure the hardship of being taken away from their
families, friends, schools and communities," said Mr. Nigam.

"Nothing justifies the recruitment of children in armed forces. An
army is not a place for a child to grow up. We will continue working
with the Myanmar Government and the Tatmadaw towards expanding access
for UN monitoring teams, addressing identified systemic procedural
weaknesses, and mobilizing the Myanmar public in support of ending
this practice for the sake of their children and the whole country,"
he added.

The UN Resident Coordinator's Office and UNICEF are the co-chairs of
the UN Country Task Force charged with facilitating Myanmar's
implementation of Security Council resolution 1612 in the country
together with representatives from other members of the Task Force.

Adopted in 2005, resolution 1612 asked the Secretary-General to
establish a monitoring and reporting mechanism to provide timely and
reliable information on six grave children's rights violations,
including the recruitment and use of children in armed forces and
armed groups.

The six grave violations monitored and reported are: killing or
maiming of children; recruitment and use of children in armed forces
and groups; attacks against schools or hospitals; rape or other grave
sexual violence; abduction of children; and denial of humanitarian
access for children.

In his recent report to the Council on children and armed conflict in
Myanmar, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the fact that, while
children are still being recruited into the Tatmadaw following the
signing of the action plan, the number of new recruits have decreased.

"Through today's discharge and by moving away from recruiting new
children, the Myanmar Government and its armed forces continue to
demonstrate their desire to end this deeply saddening practice," said
UNICEF Representative Bertrand Bainvel.

"The action plan continues to be a unique opportunity to once and for
all ensure that the Tatmadaw is a child-free armed force and is
removed from the annex of the Secretary-General's report, which lists
parties to the conflict that recruit and use children," Mr. Bainvel
added.

The Tatmadaw (together with its integrated border guard forces) is
listed in Annex 1 of the Secretary-General's report, alongside seven
other non-State armed groups that are persistent perpetrators in
Myanmar. Jul 8 2013 12:00PM
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