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Child protection seminar for military trainers

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    Twenty-six military officers from 14 West African countries on Monday began work on a training manual on protecting children in wars, to be used by the region's armies, at a seminar at the Zambakro Peacekeeping School in Cote D'Ivoire.

    The two-week seminar on child protection is being run by Save the
    Children-Sweden (SCF-Sweden) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

    The US $337,797 initiative is funded by Canada, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, the United States, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Roman Catholic church.

    [See separate item titled 'WEST AFRICA: Military trainers learn to protect children']

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