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Hadi orders to not recruit children
 [Yemen Post] President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... has ordered all security and military services to not recruit under-18 children, affirming that child recruitment is a crime. During his meeting with Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of UN Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict on Tuesday, Hadi called all Yemeni groups and factions to stop recruiting children. He revealed that international organizations will set up centers for taking care of orphans and providing them with food and education. Yemeni lawyers had called to enact laws that ban child recruitment and involving them in armed disputes, stressing the important of respecting conventions and treaties signed by the Yemeni government regarding children. They also urged media outlets to play roles in spreading awareness about risks of child recruitment in the army and security services.Hundreds of children were recruited in 2011 as demonstrations demanding the former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... to step down erupted.During the outbreak of the political crisis in Yemen in 2011, activists warned against the risks of child recruitment and involving them in the armed disputes. They further called to take actions against armed forces, spread awareness of the community and reform legislations regarding child rights, accusing the government of not taking serious actions against those who are involved in recruiting children.The Sana'a-based Seyaj Organization of Childhood Protection said 40 percent of the recruited soldiers by Yemeni security, military services and tribes are under the legal age. Posted by: Fred 2012-11-28 |
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