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<p>The UK is an active member of the United Nations Working Group on Children and
Armed Conflict, which consists of Security Council members, and which leads the international
response on the issues of child soldiers and child protection. We work particularly
closely with allies and like-minded states on the Council, notably France, the Netherlands
and Sweden, to advance common efforts and UK objectives in this area.</p><p>In November
2017, my colleague Lord Ahmad, the Minister for the Commonwealth and the United Nations,
participated in an open debate of the UN Security Council on Children in Armed Conflict,
focused on the findings of the UN Secretary-General's 2017 Annual Report. Lord Ahmad
welcomed the work of the UN and of the Secretary-General's Special Representative
for Children in Armed Conflict, and reiterated our concern about the continuing grave
violations committed against children in conflicts around the world.</p>
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