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Article: Canada welcomes international consensus on Optional Protocol.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 January 2000-CANADIAN DEPT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE: Canada welcomes international consensus on Optional Protocol (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy and National Defence Minister Art Eggleton today welcomed the consensus on the text of an Optional Protocol setting new standards governing the involvement of children in armed conflict. During negotiations from January 10 to 21, the international community agreed to a norm that requires states to take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who are under the age of 18 do not take a direct part in hostilities.

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