Child Recruitment Into Armed Conflict Alarming-UNICEF
United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) says it is alarmed by the increase in recruitment of children into armed conflict in Central African Republic, South Sudan and Syria. 12 February 2014 Child Soldiers. [IRIN Photo] By Gabriel Mayom JUBA, 12 February, 2014 [Gurtong] - The concern comes as the world marks the International Day against the use of Child Soldiers on 12 February today. In a joint press statement, UNICEF and Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, have created a fact sheet on recruitment and use of children. “The United Nations continues to receive credible reports that children have been recruited and used by Government and opposition forces in the conflict in South Sudan,” the statement said. The allegation comes at a time the Government of South Sudan has already committed herself to preventing and ending the recruitment and use of children by its national security force