United Nations Security Council Resolution 2068

UN Security Council Resolution 2068
Child soldiers in the Congo
Date	19 September 2012
Meeting no.	6,838
Code	S/RES/2068 (Document)
Subject	Children and armed conflict
Voting summary	11 voted for None voted against 4 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Azerbaijan  Colombia  Germany  Guatemala  India  Morocco  Pakistan  Portugal  South Africa  Togo
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2068 was adopted on 19 September 2012. It declared the readiness of the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on armed groups persistently violating the human rights of children including child abuse and child soldier.^[1]

Four of the fifteen members of the Security Council, Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, and Russia, abstained from voting, expressing their governments' reservations on the text adopted, while the other eleven members voted in favour of the resolution.

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2001 to 2100
• Military use of children
• Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

References

External links

• Text of the resolution at undocs.org

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