Somali defense Minister Abdiqadir Sheikh Dini and the Assistant Secretary-General for human rights in the United Nations Ivan Simonovic have met today in Mogadishu and discussed ways of preventing child recruitment in armed forces.

Somali defense minister stressed the willingness of Somali government to respect international laws that prohibits underage child enlistment under any circumstance.

 

"we are obliged to respect human rights and prevent child recruitment in armed force,” Said the minister.

 

In his part Assistant Secretary-General for human rights in the United Nations Ivan Simonovic called Defense Minister to take all the necessary measures of preventing children enlistment in the national forces hoping Somalia to climb down the list of blacklist countries in child soldiering index.