Children Should Be Students, Not Soldiers
Final signature count: 10,072
10,072 signatures toward our 20,000 goal
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Show your support for Children, Not Soldiers campaign!
The military use of children takes place all over the world. The 2014 annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict presents information about grave violations committed against children in 23 country situations.
For children forced to fight, their childhoods are stolen. They face severe challenges reintegrating into a peacetime society, need extensive psychological support, and have limited economic opportunity due to missed formal education.
Children are the key to any nation’s stability and success. They should have the opportunity to grow and learn and pursue their dreams so they and their nation can prosper.
Sign the petition to show your support for the Children, Not Soldiers campaign led by Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and UNICEF, which seeks to galvanize support to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by national security forces by 2016. Together, we can make our world a more peaceful and humane place!