Children and Parents
Before developing a policy for child soldiers, your group needs to:
• Watch at least two of the videos and read their related essays. These highlight UNICEF programmes and governmental policies designed to address children & poverty and children & armed conflict.
• Explore the connection between poverty and armed conflict in the State of the World’s Children 2005.
• Compare what the country you’re representing spends on its military, education, and health care systems. This information can be found in the "Info by Country" section of UNICEF's Web site. [Note: The "Economics" chart is located within each country's “Statistics” section.]
• Read the Paris Principles, especially sections:1.7.4, 3.14, 4.0, 5.1, 6.22.0, 6.27.4, 6.31-33, 7.33-7.41
Use the information from these resources to help you answer the questions on the next two pages. Your answers to these questions will help you set policies regarding child soldiers. As you develop your policy, remember that your task is to take the perspective of Children and Parents in the country you are representing to answer the question: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT CHILD SOLDIERS?
Illustration:
Felicity O. Yost. Source:
Marie, In the Shadow of the Lion, by Jerry Piasecki. ©
United Nations, 2001
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