This helps to legitimise the non-violent approach. To prohibit the use of children as soldiers. This challenges the right to exploit and hence indoctrinate minors into violence. This also addresses the increasing evidence that it has an effect on the way conflicts are fought and how they end. To strengthen the effective protection of human rights in internal violence and armed conflicts.
Most victims are disproportionately women, small children and adolescents.
To facilitate dialogue, networking and building of relationships on human rights and refugee issues between government representatives across the regional groups of the UN and NGOs. At the same time also with governments, NGOs, the UN and other international experts. Emphasis is placed on women in these organisations and their rights to participate. If adults want to kill each other, it's their responsibility but we cannot accept children waging war for us. Statement from the African Conference on the Use of Children as Soldiers QUNO has been working on this issue since 1979 to eliminate the use of children as soldiers by raising the international legal minimum age for recruitment into government or other armed forces and for participation in hostilities from 15 to 18 years.