Yemen's Houthi rebels agree to stop using child soldiers who have fought by the thousands during the poor Arab country's seven years of civil war, UN says
Houthis sign what the UN describes as an"action plan" to end and prevent recruiting or using children in armed conflict.Yemen's Houthi rebels have agreed to rid their ranks of child soldiers, who have fought by the thousands during the country's seven years of civil war, the United Nations said.
The Houthis' Deputy Foreign Minister, Hussein al Azey, and a representative from the UN's children's agency, Philippe Duamelle, posed for the media at a signing ceremony in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. The Houthis called the agreement a plan to protect children. "The action plan must be fully implemented and lead to tangible actions for the improvement of the protection of children in Yemen," Gamba, who signed in New York as a witness to the Houthis' commitment, said in a statement.
At the time, a Houthi military spokesperson denied any systematic recruiting of people under 18 and said there were orders to reject children who tried to join up.More than 10,200 children have been killed or maimed in the war, the UN says. It's unclear how many may have been combatants.
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