Child Soldiers: Burma's Sons of Sorrow

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"Since 1988 because of the Burmese peoples' unwillingness to engage in military actions against its own people and their desire for democracy The Burmese Military government has widely used a policy of forcible recruitment into its army. In order to achieve its purposes The Burmese Military Government also committed itself to recruiting under age children to employ as Child Soldiers. Despite evidence to the contrary, the military government of Burma, The State Peace and Development Committee (The SPDC) has always denied and still continues to deny the recruitment of under age soldiers into their army. It retorts that these accusations are the deceptions and lies of western nations and border based Human Rights organizations. In 2003 The Human Rights Watch Report disclosed that there were approximately 70,000 under age soldiers in The Burmese Army. The world now was aware of and recognized the extent of the problem of the forcible recruitment of children and their deployment in military actions by The Burmese Army. Following The Report The United Nations forced the military government of Burma into agreeing to cooperate on the issue and on January 5th 2005 The UN organized A Committee for The Protection of The Recruitment of Child Soldiers. The Committee was namely formed but has been totally ineffective in its actions and the widespread recruitment and deployment of Child Soldiers in military operations still continues today unabated, as this report and the children who have fled The SPDC's Army and arrived at organizations along Burma's borders clearly shows. The UN Commissioner of Children of Children Affairs in Armed Conflicts was sent as a delegate to reach agreement between The UN and The SPDC on the issue but in order to meet The SPDC's need for an annual increase in the size of its army children are being forcibly recruited by any means available. It is a child human trafficking market based upon hunger, fear and the greed for money. For a period of nine(9) months from January to September 2008 our news agency YOMA 3 thoroughly investigated and reported on the forcible recruitment of children and their deployment in military actions by The Burmese Army. The main intention of this report is to provide conclusive evidence to The UN and Human Rights Groups on the continual widespread recruitment of Child Soldiers in Burma and their deployment in military operations. It reveals the methods that are used to The SPDC to carry it out. By again highlighting it as an issue it is hoped it will be totally eradicated. Furthermore it hopes the world community and The UN will bring to account, prosecute and appropriately punish The SPDC and those responsible for their hineous crimes agaist children and humanity."

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Yoma3 News Service

Date of Publication: 

2009-07-22

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2009-07-29

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English, Burmese

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