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  • Essay / child soldiers - 820

    To better understand the solutions that are implemented in different countries, by governments alone or with the help of the UN, and to know if these solutions really contribute to putting an end to the problem or they do not work, it is necessary to analyze them. The solutions that will be analyzed are the efforts of the Myanmar government to stop the recruitment of children by the Tatmadaw Kyi with the help of the UN, and the solution implemented by the Colombian government called Sports Diplomacy to prevent children to join the guerrillas. Efforts by the Myanmar government with UN assistance have resulted in mixed success. Complaints received by the task force regarding the recruitment of children are decreasing but there is still a long way to go. The issue of child soldiers in Myanmar is far from being resolved, as the 2013 report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council states, cases of recruitment of child soldiers by the Tatmadaw Kyi are decreasing, in part thanks to measures prevention and greater Although the country rigorously controls the recruitment process, the use of child soldiers remains worrying. The main cause of this relative success is the Myanmar government's commitment to implementing control measures and signing international obligations, but the Myanmar government is still reluctant to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights. the child. on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, which will require them to implement several provisions under the supervision of the international community (Louder than Words, 2012). Another of the reasons why the situation cannot be completely resolved is the existence of non-governmental armed groups that continue to use children...... middle of paper...... anywhere, unless they are accompanied by other measures, such as developing financial programs that help families escape poverty. The sports diplomacy program will certainly not work in Uganda, where children are recruited by force and terror. The analyzed solutions gave a better idea of ​​the problem. The efforts of the Myanmar government are in the right direction, but the many reasons already analyzed conspire against solving the problem. The same can be said about the sports diplomacy program implemented by the Colombian government: the focus on children is a good thing, but the way of doing it, using sport and leaving aside Other more relevant questions undermine the effectiveness of the solution. Additionally, these solutions are unlikely to work in other countries because the nature of the problem is determined by each country's context...