Content_paragraphs:  On 2 February, MONUSCO facilitated the signing by the NDC-R Bwira faction
  
  of a unilateral declaration to end and prevent child recruitment and other grave
  
  violations against children. The leaders of Mouvement d’action pour le changement,
  
  Mai-Mai Ilunga and Mai-Mai Apa Na Pale Makilo also signed up to such
  
  commitments. In total, 39 armed groups have signed up to such commitments since
  
  July 2018, resulting in the voluntary release of 2,167 children, including 308 girls.
  
  Thirteen of those groups have not recorded any new child rights violations for one
  
  year.