When it comes to children's lives, no effort can be spared. It is also in our...

When it comes to children's lives, no effort can be spared. It is also in our hands as Member States to support the implementation of the United Nations framework on children and armed conflict. The United Kingdom is doing its part. Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds has personally committed himself to work to release child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad and Burma. He has urged those Governments to implement their action plans with the United Nations to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers. He has also highlighted the need to prevent and protect children from other grave violations, including sexual violence.