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Security Council
Topic: Child Soldiers
Resolution 202
Submitted by: Burkina Faso
The Security Council,
Expressing deep concern that there are still 300,000 child soldiers worldwide
involved in armed conflict in over thirty nations,
Emphasizes the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
Child (UNCRC), in which all children’s rights are to be upheld and respected,
Fully Supportive of UN Resolution 1261, which calls for an immediate and urgent
end to the use of all child soldiers, and that countries take responsibility towards
achieving this goal,
Noting that specific countries, including Burkina Faso, whose governments’
cannot efficiently monitor child soldiers, seek the help of outside organizations
like UN peacekeepers, and other NGO’s (non governmental organizations),
Mindful of all nations national sovereignty, and asks for any outside help to be
accepted by the nation, in order to avoid infringement upon national sovereignty,
1. Defines sovereignty, according to the UN charter, as the right of a state to
exercise absolute control within its defined territorial boundaries with specific
traits of a sovereign body including:
a. A permanent population,
b. A defined territory,
c. The ability to execute foreign policy, to maintain domestic order, and to
provide rudimentary infrastructure,
d. The capacity to enter into relations with other states (i.e. send diplomats, make
treaties, or enter into agreements with foreign states) in accordance with the 1933
Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States;
2. Recommends that an action plan be adopted that will be carried out by United
Nations representatives, as a non-biased third party member, in which:
a. The UN representatives will accurately monitor and record abuse and violations
against children in the countries of: Burma, Liberia, Uganda, Nepal, and the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
b. The assessment will take place twice a year, once every six months,
c. After the assessment, the representatives will then send all of their information
to the United Nations, who will then assess the progress of each country,
d. If there are apparent children’s rights violations and the use of child soldiers in
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these countries, the United Nations will prosecute those responsible in an
International Court of Justice;
3. Fully Believing that having both governmental and outside help from the
United Nations will bring about a quicker end to the use of child soldiers;
4. Endorses the presence of peacekeepers in affected areas with the consent of
governments to raise awareness, and educate civilians about the evils and long
effects of using child soldiers;
5. Decides to remain actively seized on the matter.