TFG and UN discuss details of a draft Action Plan to address child soldiers

Mogadishu, 7 March 2012 – representatives of the TFG led by the Ministry of Defence, and UNPOS and supported by the Office of the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, conducted a workshop to determine the details of an Action Plan to establish safeguards against child involvement in the Somali National Security Forces (NSF). The Action Plan responds to the UN Security Council's call in Resolution 1612 (2005), for concrete and time-bound action to halt the recruitment and use of children by parties listed in the Secretary-General's annual reports on Children and Armed Conflict and to ensure that the National Security Forces are child-free. [Communiqué]