* support the Draft Optional Protocol on Children in Armed
Conflict, including the prohibition of all forms of recruitment of those under 18;
* amend domestic recruitment so that children under 18 years are not recruited into the armed forces;
* promptly sign the International Criminal Court Statute which makes the use of child soldiers under the age of 15 years a war crime;
* exert pressure on governments and groups that continue to use
children as combatants, and cease all financial and other support for military activity in those countries;
* increase funding to projects aimed at eliminating the use of child combatants and to provide aid for the rescue and
rehabilitation of those children.
