UN AND AFRICAN UNION SIGN PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

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Date: 19 Sep 2013 12:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN AND AFRICAN UNION SIGN PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
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UN AND AFRICAN UNION SIGN PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN ARMED
CONFLICTNew York, Sep 19 2013 12:00PMThe United Nations and the
African Union have agreed to strengthen protection of
conflict-affected children in Africa, where despite progress, grave
child rights violations including under-age recruitment, continue.

"As the African Union is taking a larger role in the continent's
mediation and peacekeeping operations, it had become essential to make
our partnership stronger,"
<"http://www.peaceau.org/uploads/the-un-working-together-with-the-au-to-protect-children-in-armed-conflict.pdf">said
Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Children and Armed Conflict.

Her office and the Peace and Security Department of the AU Commission
signed an agreement on 17 September, in partnership with the UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF), to step up measures to protect children from
armed violence.

"A significant number of children affected by armed conflict live on
the African continent. With this agreement, my Office will work even
more closely with the African Union and UNICEF to respond to their
plight," Ms. Zerrougui said.

Among the areas of collaboration outlined in the document, the AU,
with UN support, agrees to include the protection of children in all
its peace and security activities.

The agreement also calls for the development of a joint programme of
work to align domestic legislation with regional and international
child rights, as well as to develop guidelines on protection of
children.

In addition, improved and harmonized training programmes in child
protection will be developed for countries contributing troops to AU
peace missions.

"We welcome this collaboration to ensure that protecting children is
central to the work of the African Union," said El-Ghassim Wane,
Director of the Department of Peace and Security at the AU Commission.

"We know that we cannot succeed in building a prosperous and just
future for the continent if we do not do everything in our collective
power to protect them from the scourge of violence and war," Mr. Wane
added.

Addressing the 24th Session of the Human Rights Council, which began
last week in Geneva, Ms. Zerrougui noted that the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (DRC) signed Action Plans to end the recruitment and use
of children, as well as sexual violence against children.

The Transitional Government of Somalia signed a similar Action Plan as
well as another one to end killing and maiming of children, the first
time a Government made such a commitment.Sep 19 2013 12:00PM
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