The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will jointly launch here on
May 18 the “Children, Not Soldiers” campaign aimed at sparing children from any
form of military activity.
The campaign is a series of public events to be run by the
MILF, in coordination with the UNICEF, in their base commands to signal their
commitment that no child should be recruited or associated with any future MILF
armed endeavor.
The MILF is currently engaged on a comprehensive peace
overture with the government for the formation of the proposed MILF-led
Bangsamoro entity that would replace the old Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao set-up.
The UNICEF-MILF communication campaign is expected to raise
the standard of spreading the message to the MILF, their children and families
in communities across Mindanao – that no child
under the age of 18 should be engaged in any form of military endeavor.
The MILF-spearheaded campaign with the backing of the United
Nations thru UNICEF would include various activities such as group discussions
with children in war-torn communities, radio programs, and a theatre play.
UNICEF partner agencies, meanwhile, has prepared banners,
steamers, posters and a series of visual materials that will help endorse the
advocacy.
Expected to grace the scheduled program launching at EM
Manor Hotel here are UNICEF Philippines Representative Lotta Sylwander and MILF
top honchos, among others.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=761434
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