United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612, adopted unanimously on 26 July 2005, after recalling resolutions
1261 (1999),
1308
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Events
By place
Europe
* November 13 – The Teutonic Knights capture Gdańsk by treachery – while a B ...
(2000),
1314
Events
* March 18 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake in Paris, France.
* April 4 – Exeter College, Oxford is founded in England by Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Ex ...
(2000),
1325 (2000),
1379
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Events
January–December
* May 29 – John I succeeds his father, Henry II, as King of Castile and King ...
(2001),
1460 (2003) and
1539 (2004), the council established a monitoring and reporting mechanism on the use of
child soldiers
Children (defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child as people under the age of 18) have been recruited for participation in military operations and campaigns throughout history and in many cultures.
Children in the military, includ ...
.
More than 50 governments and rebel groups would be monitored after the passing of the resolution.
Resolution
Observations
In the preamble of the resolution, the security council recognised progress in developing guidelines to protect children in
armed conflict
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...
, but in practice, their rights were still violated with
impunity
Impunity is avoidance of punishment, loss, or other negative consequences for an action. In the international law of human rights, impunity is failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a d ...
and there was lack of progress on the ground. Furthermore, it highlighted connections between the use of children and illicit
arms trafficking
Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations. The illegal trade of small a ...
.
Acts
As with previous resolutions on the topic, the council condemned the use and recruitment of child soldiers. The Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder ...
was asked to implement the following mechanism of reporting and monitoring children in armed conflict:
:(a) gather information on the recruitment of child soldiers and the abuse of children;
:(b) collaborate with relevant authorities and United Nations agencies;
:(c) strengthen the protective role of governments;
:(d) dialogues with armed groups as part of a peace process.
A working group was also established to monitor the reports of the mechanism and make recommendations.
The security council noted the lack of progress in implementing Resolution 1539 and expressed its intention to impose sanctions against countries which violate
international law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...
relating to children in armed conflict and are also on the agenda of the security council.
It was the responsibility of the country teams of the United Nations to conduct follow-up work on Security Council resolutions.
See also
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References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.orgResolution 1612 – Making it Work for Children and Youth
Children and Armed Conflict Working Group.
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