The
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers explores where and why children are being used in combat, as well as efforts to address the problem.
Sources:
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 9 Marshalsea Road, London SE1 1EP, U.K.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, Stop Using Child Soldiers!
The
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers explores where and why children are used in combat, and what is being done to end it.
According to estimates from the international NGO,
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, there are some 14,000 Burundi child soldiers
The conference, hosted by the Nepalese government, was organized by the
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, an international NGO which over the past year has held three other such regional conferences in Mozambique, Uruguay and Germany.
soldiers participate in international peacekeeping operations, they may well find themselves face-to-face with a 14-year-old carrying an AK-47," says Jo Becker, a children's advocate for Human Rights Watch and chairwoman of the International
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.