Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 60068

South Sudan and Sudan: Armed Forces

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of recruitment of children into (a) the military and (b) paramilitary groups

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UK is committed to supporting, promoting, and defending the UN Children and Armed Conflict mandate. The UN Secretary General's annual report on Children in Armed Conflict released earlier...

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