Myanmar Stalling on End to Child Soldier Recruitment

(Agence France Presse) – Myanmar has not done enough to fulfil its promise to end the use of child soldiers and underage recruitment may even be on the rise, a top UN official said Tuesday (May 29). The military and a number of rebel groups have for years drafted underage soldiers to battle in several civil conflicts festering in Myanmar’s remote borderlands. The army vowed to end its use child soldiers in 2012, the year after it brought decades of junta rule to an end, and has discharged hundreds of underage soldiers in the years since. But experts say children remain at risk as new underage recruits continue to trickle into the ranks of both the military and insurgent groups.

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