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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2011 C.R.

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17-89 A RESOLUTION To approve the accession of the Federated States of Micronesia to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
1 WHEREAS, the Federated States of Micronesia acceded to the 2 Convention on the Rights of the Child (the “Convention”) on May 5, 3 1993; and 4 WHEREAS, the Convention provides in article 34, paragraph 3, 5 that States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure 6 that persons who have not attained the age of fifteen years do not 7 take a direct part in hostilities, and that the States Parties 8 shall refrain from recruiting any person who has not attained the 9 age of fifteen years into their armed forces; and 10 WHEREAS, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the 11 Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed 12 Conflict (the “Protocol”), which the Federated States of 13 Micronesia signed pending ratification on May 8, 2002, cited inter 14 alia that an optional protocol to the Convention raising the age 15 of possible recruitment of persons into armed forces and their 16 participation in hostilities will contribute effectively to the 17 implementation of the principle that the best interests of the 18 child are to be a primary consideration in all actions concerning 19 children; and 20 WHEREAS, the Protocol explicitly provides in article 2, that 21 States Parties shall ensure that persons who have not attained the CRL 17-95 C.R.
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17-89 1 age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed 2 forces; and 3 WHEREAS, the Protocol further requires States Parties to 4 raise the minimum age for the voluntary recruitment of persons 5 into their national armed forces from that set out in article 38, 6 paragraph 3, of the Convention, taking account of the principles 7 contained in that article and recognizing that under the 8 Convention persons under 18 are entitled to special protection; 9 and 10 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Nation to provide 11 further protection over Micronesian children to be free from the 12 hazards arising out of any armed hostilities in accordance with 13 the terms set forth in the Optional Protocol; and 14 WHEREAS, the accession of the Federated States of Micronesia 15 to the terms of the Protocol will further enhance the commitment 16 of the Nation as expressed in its ratification of the Convention 17 to strengthen protection of the rights and welfare of children; 18 now, therefore, 19 BE IT RESOLVED by the Seventeenth Congress of the Federated 20 States of Micronesia, Second Special Session, 2011, that Congress 21 approves the accession of the Federated States of Micronesia to 22 the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child 23 on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict is hereby 24 approved; and 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 2 of 3 C.R.
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17-89 1 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 2 of Micronesia and to the Governor of each of the States; and 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President is hereby 4 encouraged to take such steps as are necessary or required to 5 register the accession by the Congress of the Federated States of 6 Micronesia as expressed in this resolution to the depository of 7 the Convention and the Protocol.
8 9 Dated: 11/19/11 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper Florencio S. Harper (by request) 3 of 3