They wanted to tackle this issue there was an immediate interest,” he adds. “The three parties to conflict – the Government of Sudan, the Darfuri groups and the SPLM-N- all agreed that ending the recruitment and use of children was something requiring attention and action. “Whenever there is a chance, a meeting with officials or people from the armed groups, we try to bring the subject of children and armed conflict and encourage people to implement the Action Plans signed by the parties in 2016***,” Canadian ambassador and co-chair of the Group of Friends, Salah-Eddine Bendaoud, explains. Salah-Eddine Bendaoud, Charge d’Affairs of Canada to Sudan and Hans Henric Lundquist, Ambassador of Sweden to Sudan explain the importance of the Group of Friends in Sudan as part of global efforts to better protect children affected by armed conflict. This informal platform allows the 23 members** of the local diplomatic community to place issues facing conflict affected children in Sudan on the agenda and to develop collective advocacy efforts to enhance the protection of children in Sudan. Hans Henric Lundquist, Swedish Ambassador to Sudan and co-chair of the Group of friends of CAAC in Sudanįollowing the signature of an Action Plan in March 2016 between the United Nations and the Government of Sudan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, Canada and Sweden, two long-time advocates of the CAAC agenda *, teamed up with UNICEF to establish the Group of Friends of CAAC in Sudan. And this is something that we decided to advance also in Sudan.” “We believe that the protection of the child is a very important agenda globally.
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