from The Manila Times
The Philippines’ main Muslim separatist group has agreed to stop recruiting child soldiers and return those in its ranks to civilian life, a United Nations official said Friday.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, special representative of the Secretary-General for Children and…
from The Philippine Star
A ranking United Nations official said yesterday the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has committed to stop its practice of recruiting and using children in combat operations.
A statement from the Office of the Presidential Adviser for the…
by Agence France-Presse
from ABS-CBS News Online
MANILA – The Philippines has urged its removal from the UN’s list of countries with child soldiers, stressing that it condemns the practice by various rebel groups, the foreign department said Wednesday.
Hilario Davide, Manila’s envoy…
from The Manila Times
NEW YORK: Children as young as 10 are being forcibly recruited into the Myanmar army, bought and sold by military recruiters desperate to swell their ranks, Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday.
The junta, plagued by…
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