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<p>Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) is an important personal priority. I am leading
a campaign to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers and to protect children from
becoming victims of sexual violence in five priority countries: Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), Somalia, South Sudan, Chad and Burma. Over the last two years, I have
raised this issue with counterparts in Chad, Sierra Leone and DRC, as well as most
recently with the Somali President and the Minister of the Interior in South Sudan
during visits in April this year. My Right Honourable Friend, Hugo Swire MP, also
discussed the issue during a visit to Burma in January.</p><p>During the recent End
Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit, I hosted a Ministerial roundtable on CAAC attended
by UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for CAAC. Ministers from Sierra
Leone, DRC and Somalia underlined their commitment to ending the recruitment and use
of children in armed conflict.</p>
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