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COMMITTEE : United Nations General Assembly

: Child Soldiers in Nigeria

COUNTRY : Nigeria

DELEGATES : Alhaji Mai M . Jir and Prof . Omolewa

The government of Nigeria believes in the protection of the interest of the children . Unfortunately , one can notice the use of child soldiers in Nigeria . Why there is the problem of child soldiers in Nigeria ? During the 19th century and 20th century there have been interstate conflicts in the African continent . This led to the use of children as the soldiers in the warfare . There are many reasons for the

wars fought between different states of Africa . Two important causes of the wars are poverty and orphan rates (Reich and Acharina , 2005 ) In fact , the study of UNICEF data reveals that in Africa there is the maximum use of child soldiers in the wars . It is known that 40 percent of the world child soldiers are found in the African continent . All the countries of the African continent particularly the third world countries are severely affected by the child soldier problem which is found in a poor country like Nigeria . Recently , international community has responded to this emerging problem . Great powers such as USA and UK have opposed the use of child soldiers in wars . In fact , international community has been shocked by the extent of the use of children as soldiers which has affected the future of the children of Nigeria . UNO has taken this problem seriously which is proved by the fact that UNO has constituted committees to monitor the extent of the use of the child soldiers in the wars particularly in the African continent . The use of child soldiers can be seen in the African countries such as Nigeria , Algeria , Angola Burundi , Liberia , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , Sudan , and Uganda . The Nigerian government is also aware of the fact that there is need to guarantee the rights of the children . However due to economic backwardness , there has been growth in the use of the children as soldiers . Obviously , this led to loss of life of many children . However , it is found that due to food shortage and lack of productive resources , the parents are forced to send their children to help the military of their nation . Hence , poverty of the third world nations is the main cause of the participation of children in wars (Reich and Acharina , 2005

UNO and the various agencies of UNO such as UNICEF have taken this problem of child soldiers seriously . UNO was initially involved in this problem in an attempt to resolve the interstate conflicts in Africa However , later it was known to the UNO members regarding the impact of the use of children on the children of Africa and the international community . In to counter this problem , UNO has expressed its displeasure through the various conferences and by publishing reports concerning the efforts of the individual nations to curb the root cause of the children 's participation in the wars . In 1999 , the coalition forces decided to...