Myanmar: UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Engages with Myanmar on Better Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict

(OSRSG-CAAC) –  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, visited Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw from 27 to 29 May 2018. During her visit, she met with State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; the Deputy Commander in Chief of Defense Services, Vice Senior General Soe Win; the Minister of Defense, Lt. General Sein Win; the Minister of International Cooperation, U Kyaw Tin; the Minister of Labor, Immigration and Population, H.E U Thein Swe; the Union Attorney-General, U Tun Tun Oo; the Director General of Social Welfare, Dr. San San Aye; the Joint Monitoring Committee; and with representatives of the United Nations country team, the international community and civil society. The objectives of the mission included discussion around identification of challenges for the full implementation of the Joint Action Plan signed between the national army, the Tatmadaw, and the United Nations, to end and prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers; to discuss the importance of access to conflict and crisis affected areas of Myanmar, including Shan, Kachin and Rakhine states, in order to undertake objective and impartial monitoring; to advocate for the adoption of the revised draft child rights law and to stress the importance of making child protection a key ceasefire and peace-building priority.

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