YANGON, Burma (AP) — Burma
has signed an agreement with the United Nations to ban the recruitment of child
soldiers and demobilize those already serving.
The Southeast Asian nation is one of about two dozen
countries worldwide found by the U.N. to violate international law on the
rights of children in armed conflicts.
The U.N. office in Yangon said in a press release
Thursday that the agreement was the result of years of negotiations with a task
force on child soldiers comprising U.N. agencies along with the private groups
World Vision and Save the Children.
Task force co-chairman Ramesh Shrestha of UNICEF said at
Wednesday’s signing that supporting the demobilized youth with education and
jobs is a key task.
The U.N. says seven ethnic guerrilla armies in Burma also
use child soldiers.
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