Press Release: European Commissioner, Poul Nielson, welcomes the entry into force of the United Nations Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts

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Series Details IP/02/262 (15.2.02)
Publication Date 15/02/2002
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Poul Nielson, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, has welcomed as a 'major achievement', the entry into force of the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, adopted by the General Assembly in 2000.
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UNHCR: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, 2002 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/47fdfb180.pdf
http://www.unicef.org/newsline/02pr04op.htm http://www.unicef.org/newsline/02pr04op.htm
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