The exporting of arms must come to an end.The expansion of financial support for aid programmes to benefit girls and boys who have been victims of forced recruitment.Children formerly forced into armed conflict must be cared for, protected and offered political asylum.Those responsible for forcing children into armed conflict must be punished.Straight 18: No child under the age of 18 may be used or trained in armies, armed groups or other military units.
Red Hand Day to Free Children From Armed Conflicts On Red Hand Day, pleas are made to political leaders and influential figures all over the world to stop boys and girls from being recruited by armed forces. The recruitment and use of children by armed forces is still a serious issue affecting children in 14 countries ranging from Colombia to Somalia and Afghanistan.Įvery year the 12th February marks Red Hand Day, the campaign dedicated to ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. While many children around the world enjoy running through the playground and giggling with their friends, elsewhere thousands of boys and girls are being torn from their families and forcibly recruited into armed conflict.
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