Topic: Children and Armed Conflict
Country: Germany
Delegate Name: Alycia Pucci
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Germany position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
The Federal Republic of Germany would like to first make aware degrading children in any way of violence should not be tolerated. Killing, kidnapping, forcing labor work upon, sexually hurting, and any kind of personal rights violated upon children is immoral. Many places children grow up influenced as their parents impose anger from issues and conflicts onto their children. This influence of violence on children has severely traumatized children at a young age making the minds of these young adults inclined to commit crimes and become involved in violent behavior. Germany strongly encourages all countries to take awareness to this huge uprising issue of children and armed conflict. The future of children who are victims of these violent crimes is in danger and there needs to be strict laws enforcing upon these crimes. Immediate action needs to turn things around for these children’s lives and children living in these violent environments. Protection against children forced into these unhealthy violent lives is beneficial to the futures of children to come and can change around the lives of the ones already being affected. Germany urges for UN members to become aware of the futures of these children lives are in extreme danger and if enforcement laws are not made strict punishments should be made. Providing relief and providing protection to these children involved in armed conflict is essential to obtaining and creating peace among all countries. Overcoming children and armed conflict among model UN countries is going to provide a positive affect in the long run, encouraging countries to turn things around and make things right for these children in the risk of violence.
