Australia helps prevent child soldier recruitment
The Australian government, through its ambassador to Myanmar, yesterday granted 2.5 million Australian dollars to UNICEF to finance the organisation's projects in the country aimed at stopping the recruitment of child soldiers.
The money will be used in preventing children who are being forced to become child soldiers, conducting training courses for judicial staff taking care of child welfare in conflict areas.
The main aim of the UNICEF is to totally stop the armed forces from recruiting child soldiers.
Myanmar and the United Nations signed a Joint Action Plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by the Armed Forces. Under this plan, 595 children and young people have been discharged until January this year.
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