Finance and Trade Advisors
As Finance and Trade Advisors you have to be aware if any natural resources are being smuggled out of the country you are representing and sold to fund the armed conflict that is currently taking place. These “conflict resources” are frequently harvested by opposition groups, and the income they get from the sale of these resources is used to buy weapons. When armed conflict is fuelled by the illegal trafficking of resources, child soldiers are often the victims.
Diamonds are probably the most well-known “conflict resource.” But did you know that everyday objects like your cell phone and computer—even the wood used for your flooring and furniture—may be “conflict-resources” too?
  
Before developing a policy for child soldiers, your group needs to:
• Read about conflict diamonds and other conflict resources.
• Learn more about the Kimberley Process to see how countries are working together with the diamond industry to stop trafficking of conflict diamonds.
Use this information to fill out the following form and use it while presenting your economic policy recommendation to the Legislative Assembly. As you develop your policy, remember that your task is to use a financial focus 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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