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- Immediately halt the use of
children by Burundian government soldiers or security forces to help
locate and identify FNL combatants and supporters;
- Work with UNICEF to rapidly
identify all those persons under eighteen years old who have admitted or
are accused of FNL involvement and are currently in government custody,
whether in military camps, in communal lock-ups, or in prisons;
- Transfer these children, as
well as those currently residing at the Randa site, to an appropriate
location, away from adult combatants, where their rehabilitation and
reintegration can begin; and
- Ratify the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement
of Children in Armed Conflict.
- Immediately halt any and
all recruitment of children into your ranks, and allow children in your
forces to leave without fear of repercussions.
- Assist the government of
Burundi in identifying all persons under age eighteen and accused of
affiliation with the FNL who are now held in government custody; and
- Use your considerable
global experience in developing child soldier rehabilitation programs to
assist the government in promoting the health and welfare of children
associated with the FNL.
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