In twenty four pages this paper discusses the Southeast Asian practice of utilizing children in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos as soldiers and the impact the ASEAN can have in ending this practice. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography.
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attack of the hospital in Thailand by the God army is explained and possible ways that ASEAN can provide solutions against such happenings are a topic of discussion. Bibliography
lists 12 sources. JGAasean.rtf The Child Soldiers Research Compiled for Enterprises Inc. 11/2001 to Use
This Paper Properly, INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on the ASEAN role against child soldiers. The use of children as soldiers has spread throughout Southeast Asia
and neighboring countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Additionally, there is a brief history of the God army in Myanmar, how it happened, and how it affects other
countries. The attack of the hospital in Thailand by the God army is explained and possible ways that ASEAN can provide solutions against such happenings are a topic of
discussion. ASEAN Foreign ministers were in attendance at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual meeting. They have been urged by a London-based group to declare Southeast
Asia a "child-soldier-free zone." The non-governmental group reported that military-ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, "has one of the highest numbers of child soldiers of any country in the world,
both within the army and in the ethnic and other armed groups pitted against it" (Spaeth PG). "ASEAN and its dialogue partners
have come to recognize that these armed conflicts have an impact on the security of the entire region and require a concerted response," the group said.
ASEAN was formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, but has since grown to include Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, and Myanmar, also