Children and Armed Conflicts - Key Reports Table (2019)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Annual reports of the UN Secretary General to the Security Council (Index code) S/2000/712 S/2001/852 S/2002/1299 S/2003/1053 - S/2005/72 S/2006/826 S/2007/757 - S/2009/158 S/2010/181 S/2011/250 S/2012/261 S/2013/245 S/2014/339 S/2015/409 S/2016/360 S/2017/821 S/2018/465

Reports of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the General A/55/442 A/56/453 A/57/402 A/58/328 A/59/426 A/60/335 A/61/275 A/62/228 A/63/227 A/64/254 A/65/219 A/66/256 A/67/256 A/68/267 A/69/212 A/70/162 A/HRC/34/44 A/72/276 A/HRC/40/49 Assembly (Index code) Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces Afghan National Police     RU  RU  RU  RU  RU  RU  RU ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU+ Factions N. Alliance    Factions S. Afghanistan  Haqqani network   RU  RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●KM ●KM Hezb-e-Islami of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar   RU RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●KM/SH ●KM KM/  Taliban forces      RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A ● RU/KM/RS/SH ●KM/A/RS/SH/D SH/HS RU/KM Afghanistan Jamat Sunat al Dawa Salafia   RU  RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Tora Bora Front   RU  RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Latif Mansur Network   RU RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH/A Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2008/695 S/ 2010/ 564 S/2011/515 S/2015/336 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2009/1 S/AC.51/2011/3 S/AC.51/2016/1 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (24.10.2005) Concluding observations Government/FAB     PALIPEHUTU/FNL      RS CNDD/FDD     Burundi Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/851 S/2007/686 S/2009/450 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2007/92 S/AC.51/2008/6 S/AC.51/2009/6 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (24.07.2010) Concluding observations Armée populaire pour la restauration de la République   RS  RU  RU  RU ●SH (APRD) (1) Forces démocratiques populaires de Centrafrique (FDPC)    RU  RU  RU ●RU/KM ●RU/KM Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)  A, RS  RU/RS  RU/KM/RS  RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS  RU/KM/RS  RU/KM/RS/A ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●RU/RS/A Mouvement des libérateurs centrafricains pour la justice   RU  RU  RU  RU ●KM (MLCJ) Self -defense militias (supported by the Government of the   RU  RU  RU RU/KM RU/KM/RS CAR ) (2) Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix (CPJP)  RU  RU  RU  RU ●RU

Front démocratique du peuple centrafricain (FDPC)  RU ●SH●RU/D ●KM Central African Republic (CAR) Union des forces républicaines (UFR)  RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●KM/RS ●RU/RS/D Union des forces démocratiques pour le   RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RS●RU/D ●RU/RS/D Séléka Convention des patriotes pour la justice et la paix Coalition fondamentale  RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RU/SH/D ●RU/D (CPJP fondamentale) Convention patriotique pour le salut du Kodro  RU RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RS/D ●RU/D Local defence militias knows as the anti-balaka RU/KM/RS ●RU/RS/SH ●RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2009/66 S/2011/241 S/2012/365 S/2016/133 S/RES/2454 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2009/2 S/AC.51/2011/5 S/AC.51/2013/1 OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable. The country has yet to access the protocol. Concluding observations Janjaweed (Government of Sudan)  National Army of Chad   RS,H RU RU  RU Chadian self-defence groups  Sudanese groups Justice and Equality Movement    RU RU RU backed by the government of Chad Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)   Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement   (UFDD) Concorde nationale tchadienne (CNT)  Chad Convention révolutionnaire démocratique du Tchad (CRDT)  Direction Générale de la Sécurisation des services et des  institutions de l’État (DGSSIE) Front uni pour le changement (FUC)  Justice and Equality Movement RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2007/400 S/2008/532 S/2011/64 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/16 S/AC.51/2008/15 S/AC.51/2011/4 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (due on 28.09.2004) Concluding observations Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) –      AUSC/AC/ACCU/ACMM/AM/ACSC/APB  Ejército de Liberacion Nacional (ELN)      KM/RS/SH RU RU RU RU  RU  RU  RU ●RU/SH ●RU/RS/A  FARC Ejército del Pueblo      KM/A/RS/SH RU RU RU RU  RU  RU  RU ●RU/KM ●RU+ Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Clan del Golfo, Colombia ●RU/RS/A AGC) Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2009/434 S/2012/171 S/2016/837 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2010/3 S/AC.51/2012/4 S/AC.51/2017/1 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/COL/1 Not yet submitted (due date unknown) Concluding observations CRC/C/OPAC/COL/CO/1 FANCI (government)  MPJ   FAFN (From 2005) MPIGO   MPCI   LIMA force supplétive  FLGO  Armed militias affiliated with the MILOCI  Côte d’Ivoire presidential camp APWÉ  UPRGO  Forces de défense et de sécurité Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/835 S/2007/515 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2007/93 S/AC.51/2008/5 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (due date unknown) Concluding observations Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019  Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo      RS/SH/H RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU+/KM/RS/D/SH (FARDC) FAPC      Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda     RU RU/RS RU RU/RS RU/RS/KM/SH/D  RU/RS/SH  RU/RS/SH  RU/RS/SH ●RU/KM ●RU/ SH FNI/ Lendu Militias     RU RU/RS RU/RS  Front de résistance patriotique en Ituri (FPRI) Ngiti     RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH RU/RS/SH ●RU/RS/A ●KM/RS/A Hema Militia/UPC     Hema Militia / PUSIC     Patriotes Congolais pour la Paix (UPCP) Mayi Mayi     SH/H RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU RU RU RU ●RU/SH "Lafontaine" (ex : PARECO) Mai Mai Alliance des patriotes pour un Congo libre et RU RU RU RU ●RU souverain (APCLS) « Colonel Janvier » Mai Mai Simba « Morgan » RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS ●RU/KM ●RU Mai Mai « Tawimbi » RU ●RU Mai Mai Kata Katanga RU  RU ●RU Mai Mai Nyatura RU RU/RS RU ●RU/RS ●KM Democratic Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) RU/RS RU/RS Republic of the Masunzu’s Forces     Congo (DRC) MLC     Mudundu -40     MRC/Nkunda/CMDP       KM/SH RU/RS RU/RS Nduma Defence Coalition (NDC)/ Cheka  RU/KM RU/SH RU/KM RCD -Goma     RCD -National     RCD -Kisangani/ML      Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)   KM/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/KM/RS RU/KM/RS RU  RU/A  RU/KM/RS/A ●A Front populaire pour la justice au Congo (FPJC)   RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS

Raia Mutomboki RU/RS ●KM/RS/A Allied Democratic Forces/National Liberation Army of Uganda RU/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH ●KM/RS/A ●RU+/RS+ (ADF/NLAU) Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/389 S/2007/391 S/2008/693 S/2010/369 S/2014/453 S/2017/821 S/RES/2463 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2006/724 A/62/228 S/AC.51/2009/3 S/AC.51/2011/1 S/AC.51/2014/3 S/AC.51/2018/2 Not yet submitted (Due on 26.10.2012) OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/COD/1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 11.11.2001 Israeli Forces ●RU/KM/SH ●A/D/KM Israel and State Palestinian political actors ●KM/SH Of Palestine Other International resolutions CRC/C/OPAC/COD Concluding observations /CO/1 Al-Qaeda   KM RU RU/RS RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH ●KM Iraq  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)   KM KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/SH RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH/A ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●KM/RU/D/RS Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2011/366 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2011/6 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/IRQ/1 ISIL ●RU ●RU/A Hizbullah ●RU ●RU/A Lebanon Levant Liberation Organization ●A Other International resolutions Libyan National Army (LNA) ●A/KM/SH Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) Libya Special Detterrence Force ●D Other International resolutions Naxalities RU RU/KM/SH Jaish-i-Mohammed RU Hizbul Mujahideen RU India Lashkar-e-Tayyiba KM Other International resolutions CRC/C/OPAC/IRQ/ Concluding observations CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 24.06.2008 CO/1 Government/AFL     LURD     MODEL     Liberia Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable. The country has yet to ratify the protocol. Concluding observations Ganda Izo Ganda Koy Pro-government militias Forces de libération du nord Mouvement national de libération de l’Azawad (MNLA) RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS ●RU/RS/SH ●RU Mouvement pour l’unicité et le jihad en Afrique de l’Ouest Mali RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS (MUJAO) Ansar Dine RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS RU/RS Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2013/582 S/2014/267 S/2018/136 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2014/2 S/AC.51/2018/1 OPAC State Parties Report CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 16.05.2002. Initial report due on 06.16.2004. Concluding observations

Tatmadaw Kyi (government)     RU/H RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM/RS/SH ●KM/D/RU/RS/SH/A KNU/KNLA/KA     RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU+ United Wa State Army (UWSA)   RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)   RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU Kachin Independence Army (KIA)   RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM/SH ●KM/D/RU/RS/A KNPLF   RU RU Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)   RU RU Myanmar Shan State Army South (SSA)   RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU ●KM/ D/ RS Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)/KA RU RU RU RU RU Kachin Defense Army (KDA) RU  RU RU Karen National Liberation Army Peace Council RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2007/666 S/2009/278 S/2013/258 S/2017/1099 S/2018/956 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2008/8 S/AC.51/2009/4 S/AC.51/2013/2 OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable. The country has yet to ratify the protocol. Concluding observations Unified Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist (UCPN-M)   Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/1007 S/2008/259 S/2010/183 Nepal Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/8 S/AC.51/2008/12 S/AC.51/2010/4 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/NPL/1 Concluding observations CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 03.01.2007 Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Boko Haram  KM/RS  RU/KM/SH  RU/KM/SH/A RU/KM/RS/SH/A RU/KM/RS/A/SH Civilian joint Task Force  RU RU/RS RU+ Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2016/360 S/2017/304 Nigeria Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2017/5 OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (due date unknown) Concluding observations CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 25.09.2012 Paramilitary groups    Northern Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) Ireland Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC OPAC State Parties Report Not yet submitted (Due on 27.04.2009) CRC/C/OPAC/IRL/1 Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) KM Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas KM KM (FATA) Pakistan ISIL-KP KM Other International resolutions CRC/C/OPAC/IRL/CO/ Concluding observations CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 24.06.2003 1  New People’s Army (NPA)    RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU/KM RU/KM  Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)   KM RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU/KM Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)  RU  Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)    RU RU RU RU RU RU RU RU KM/SH Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) RU RU RU RU/KM/SH/A RU Phillipines Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2008/272 S/2010/36 S/2013/419 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2008/10 S/AC.51/2010/5 S/AC.51/2014/1 S/AC.51/2017/4 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 26.08.2003 CRC/C/OPAC/PHL/CO/ Concluding observations 1 Chechen insurgency groups  Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC Russia CRC/C/OPAC/RUS (Chechnya) OPAC State Parties Report /1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 24.09.2008 CRC/C/OPAC/RUS/CO/ Concluding observations 1 Transitional National Government    Transitional Federal Government (TFG) (Somali National   KM/SH  RU/KM  RU/KM  RU/KM  RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●RU/KM/D/RS ●RU/A/KM/RS/D Army) Juba Valley Alliance/SNSC   ●RU/A/KM/RS RRA/SNSC/SRRC   Somali Reconciliation and Restoration Council (SRRC)   United Somali Congress (USC)   ARPCT ●RU/A/KM/ Somalia  Al-Shabaab    KM/SH  RU/KM  RU/KM  RU/KM  RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM/A ●RU/KM/SH/A RS/SH/D Union of Islamic Courts (UIC)  KM/SH Hizbul Islam  RU/KM  RU/KM  Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah (ASWJ) RU RU RU ●KM●A/RS/SH ●RU S/2007/115 Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2008/352 S/2010/577 S/2016/1098 S/ RES/ 2442 S/RES/2461 S/2007/259 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/14 S/AC.51/2008/14 S/AC.51/2011/2 S/AC.51/2017/2 OPAC State Parties Report Not applicable. The country has yet to ratify the protocol. Concluding observations South Sudan Defence  RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●RU/A ●RU+/D Controlled by the government of Forces Sudan Sudanese Armed Forces   RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●RU/KM/RS ●RU/D (SAF) Pibor Defence Forces  Controlled by the government of  Sudan People’s South Sudan South Sudan   RU RU RU RU RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM/A/RS ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D (separate Liberation Army (SPLA) Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) RU/KM/RS  RU/KM/RS ●RU+/D conflict as of The White Army RU RU RU ●RU+/D 2007)  Sudan's People's Liberation Movemetn/Army in Opposition RU/KM ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●RU+/D Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2018/865 S/RES/2465 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2012/2 S/AC.51/2018/3 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/SDN/1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 26.07.2005 Concluding observations CRC/C/OPAC/SDN/CO/1 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)    KM/H Karuna faction/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMPV)     A RU RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/1 S/2007/758 S/2009/325 S/2011/793 Sri Lanka Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/9 S/AC.51/2008/14 S/AC.51/2010/2 S/AC.51/2012/3 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/LKA/1 CRC-OP-AC – Ratification – 08.09.2000 Concluding observations CRC/C/OPAC/LKA/CO/1 Janjaweed (Government supported militias)      RU RU Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) (Government)      KM/RS/SH RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●KM/RS/SH/A ●RU/KM/RS/SH  Police forces (government), including the Border      KM/RS RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RS ●RU+ Intelligence Forces (BIF)  Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)/Peace Wing     KM/SH RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU ●RU+ South Sudan Unity Movement (SSUM)      A   SLA/Abdul Wahid     KM/RS  RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM SLA/Free Will     RU RU RU SLA/ Historical Leadership    KM/RS RU RU RU RU  SLA/ Minni Minaw    KM/RS KM RU RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU+ Sudan Liberation Movement/  SLA/ Mother Wing (Abu Army (including 8 sections)     RU RU RU RU Gasim) SLA/ Peace Wing and Sudan (Darfur     RU RU RU ●RS/SH Development as of 2007) SLA/ Unity    KM/SH RU RU RU RU SLA/ Shafi     A SPLA (South Sudan government)       RS/ D The White Army      Popular Defence Forces (Government)     RU RU RU RU RU ●KM ●RU+/KM Movement of Popular Force for Rights and Democracy     RU Chadian opposition groups (Government)    KM RU  Sudan’s People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)    RU RU RU RU RU ●D ●RU/KM/SH  Pro-government militias    RU RU RU RU RU S/2007/213 Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2006/662 S/2009/84 S/2011/413 S/2017/191 S/2007/520 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/2006/971 S/AC.51/2008/7 S/AC.51/2009/5 S/AC.51/2012/1 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/SDN/1 Concluding observations CRC/C/OPAC/SDN/CO/1 Countries (*) Names of armed groups/forces 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Free Syrian Army RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM/SH/D ●RU/KM/SH  Government Forces, including the Syrian Armed Forces, the KM/RS/SH KM/RS/SH KM/RS/SH KM/RS/SH KM/RS/SH ●RU/KM/SH ●RU/KM/D/SH intelligence forces and the Shabbiha militia Ahrar al-Sham al-Islami RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●RU/SH ●RU/KM/D Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS, ISIL) Syrian Arab RU/KM RU/KM/RS/SH RU/KM/RS/SH ●RU/KM/RS/SH/A/D ●RU/KM/D/RS/A Jhabat Al-Nusra RU/KM RU/KM RU/KM ●RU/KM/SH ●RU/KM Republic People Protection Units (YPG) RU RU RU ●RU/KM/A ●RU/KM Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2014/31 S/2015/2254 S/2018/969 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2014/4 OPAC State Parties Report CRC-OP-AC - Accession – 17.10.2003 Concluding observations No specific parties named   Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC Timor-Leste OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/TLS/1 CRC-OP-AC - Ratification – 02.08.2004 CRC/C/OPAC/TLS/CO/ Concluding observations 1 Uganda’s People’s Defence   Forces (UPDF) Government forces as of 2006 Local Defence Units (LDU)   Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)     RU/KM/RS Uganda Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2007/260 S/2008/409 S/2009/462 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2007/12 S/AC.51/2008/13 S/AC.51/2010/1 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/UGA/1 CRC-OP-AC - Accession – 06.05.2002 CRC/C/OPAC/UGA/CO Concluding observations /1  Al-Houthi/Ansar Alla RU RU RU RU RU RU/KM/SH ●RU/KM/SH/D ●RU/KM/SH/ RS Ansar al-Sharia RU RU RU RU ●RU/SH ●RU/KM/SH/ RS Pro-government tribal militias RU RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/ ●RU Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) ●RU/KM/ ●RU  Breakawqay First Armoured Division (FAD) RU RU RU RU RU Yemeni armed forces RU RU RU RU RU ●RU/KM/SH ●RU/ KM/ SH/RS Military police and special security forces and Republican RU ●RU Yemen Guards Saudi-Arabia-led coalition RU ●RU Reports of the Secretary General (country specific) S/2013/383 Conclusions of the Working Group on CAC S/AC.51/2013/3 OPAC State Parties Report CRC/C/OPAC/YEM/1

CRC/C/OPAC/YEM/CO Concluding observations /1

 Mention of violation in reports (Prior to the use of Annexes, the reports mentioned conflicts where groups continued recruiting children)  Not on United Nations Security Council Agenda (Annexe 2 of the Secretary-General Annual Reports on Children and Armed Conflict)  On the United Nations Security Council Agenda (Annexe 1 of the Secretary-General Annual Reports on Chidren and Armed Conflict)  Parties that are considered persistent perpetrators. These have been in the annexes of the report of the Secretary General to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict for at least five years + Amelioration in this particular topic on the year

RU Recruitement and use of children in armed forces and groups KM Killing and maiming of children A Abductions RS Rape and other forms of sexual violence against children SH Attacks on school and/or hospitals D Denial of humanitarian access to children

(*) Countries which were listed (at least once) in the Secretary-General annual report to the Security Counci - where one or more parties have recruited or used children in situations of armed conflict 1 The Armée populaire pour la restauration de la République (APRD), in the Central African Republic, has been dismantled as an armed group in 2012 2 The self-defence militia supported by the Central African Republic is no longer active

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