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EnlargeRoundup: Myanmar curtails recruitment of minors in military service
by Feng Yingqiu
YANGON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 109 more child soldiers were released from services in the army Thursday, constituting the 7th batch that such minors were freed by the army and returned to their families since 2012.
The move signified Myanmar military's commitment to ending recruitment of under-age children as soldiers.
Besides medical treatment, plans are also underway to provide them with education for those wishing to go back to school and receive vocational training, according to the army office.
Myanmar armed forces last released 91 child soldiers from military service in Yangon in August and 96 in January.
The latest release has brought the total of such minors discharged from the military service to 473 according to compiled statistics.
Under a program of protecting under-age children from taking military services, Myanmar signed an 18-month Action Plan with the United Nations Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting in 2012 and renewed to another six months in December 2013.
Myanmar military said it will continue to release all underage soldiers from military service to ensure the armed forces is child- free.
Reports said action had been taken against more than 299 military officers for breaking recruitment rules.
Myanmar and the U.N. started engagement in a dialogue on issues related to child soldiers six years ago, agreeing to the appointment of a high level focal point from the Ministry of Social Welfare to engage with the U.N. Country Team and especially UNICEF (U.N. Children's Fund) on all issues related to children and armed conflict as well as the setting up of a monitoring mechanism to find out the real situation in the country regarding child soldiers with a task force established.
Myanmar has made efforts and worked for ensuring not to recruit minors for military service, promising continuous supervision over the personnel concerned to ensure that they do not accept minors, and working according to the law, rules and regulations and directives.
The country formed the Committee for Prevention against Recruiting Minors into Army in January 2005.
Meanwhile, Myanmar has reiterated its commitment to implement child-labor-related Convention-182 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) which will come into force from Dec. 18, 2014.
The ILO Convention-182 calls for prohibition of child labor and immediate action to eliminate its worst forms.
Myanmar's National Committee on the Rights of Child has also pledged to make endeavors to ensure the rights of child in the nation which was cited as the rights to survival, to develop to the fullest to protection from harmful influence, abuse and exploitation and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life.
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