UnIcEf_nether_Policy2

Children in the Armed Conflict Netherlands Taylor O. Period 3**
 * Unicef

//**Breif Background on the Topic**//: Many children have been unvoluntarily involved in armed conflict over the years. Many of these children suffer from physical injury, gender-based violence, and psychosocial distress. Being in armed conflict also affects child develpoment- physically, mentally, and emotionally. These children involved in armed conflict run the danger of being sexually exploited, develop severe diseases, and can be killed. They also have a major shortage of food, water, shelter, and healthcare. These poor children are being taken from their families against their will, and are witnessing horrible events such as, friends or families being hurt in front of them and exposure to other unspeakable acts. They suffer from the pain of being separated from their families, and are forever emotionally scarred.

//**UN Involvement**//: The UN feels that children must not be involved in armed conflict and is trying very hard to make sure it comes to an end. They have made many efforts to stop this act, like talking to WHO to ensure that these children are being helped in times of sickness. Also they had a Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of a child on the Involvement of children in armed conflict in 2002. In that movement it stated that any child under the age of 18 could not be involved in these hostilites. Countries around the world ignore these laws and still make these children participate in these actions.

Netherland is very against the thought that innocent children are being put in harms way, and feels that at all cost neccesary they will do whatever they can to eliminate it forever. They have devised committes to talk about the well being of children, and have kept police informed on every movement. Also they police are doing everything they can to enforce the Declaration on the Rights of a child, and for everyone who does not follow that there will be punishments.
 * //Country Policy and Involvement://**

Solutions: Some solutions include keeping WHO up to date and making sure they are keeping the children involved in these acts monitered. Also they want to make sure that the Declaration on the Rights of a Child is stricly enforced on areas that do not usually enforce it. Also, for all the children who have been involved in these hostilities, that there is counseling and help for all of the children that have been affected physically, mentally, and emotionally.