GRAVE CHILD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BURMA ARE REPORTED TO SECURITY COUNCIL

GRAVE CHILD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BURMA
ARE REPORTED TO SECURITY COUNCIL

In his report to the Security Council on children and armed conflict in Myanmar released today, the Secretary-General said although there has been progress in terms of dialogue with the Government of Myanmar and two non-State actors (the Karen National Union and the Karenni National Progressive Party), all parties continue to be implicated in grave child rights violations.

The Secretary-General recommended for the Government of Myanmar to take into account its responsibilities to ensure that all armed groups with which it shares a ceasefire accord are made accessible to the monitoring and reporting mechanism.

He urged the Government to continue taking disciplinary action against those responsible for aiding and abetting the recruitment of children, and to systematize and institutionalize this disciplinary process.

The Government of Myanmar is encouraged to accede at the earliest opportunity to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (2000) and to adjust national legislation accordingly.

The Secretary-General also recommended that the Myanmar Government allow international and humanitarian organizations access for delivery of humanitarian services, and to accept the proposal of the U.N. refugee agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations for an inter-agency humanitarian needs assessment.

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