|The panel at the Fourth Ministerial Follow-Up Forum to the
Paris Commitments and Paris Principles, at which it was
announced that five new nations have signed the Paris
Commitments, designed to end the use of children in armed
conflict and bringing the total number of signatories to 100.|
By Chris Niles NEW YORK, USA, 27 September 2011 - Five more
nations have officially committed to ending the phenomena of
children in armed conflict by signing the Paris Commitments. The
inclusion of Angola, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica
and San Marino means that 100 nations have now pledged to do
everything they can to protect children from being forced into
conflict. The announcement was made during a Ministerial Follow-
Up Forum which builds on the work of the Paris Principles, and
the Paris Commitments. A grey area “I am happy to announce that
we have reached 100 states that have signed the Paris
Commitments, and significant progress has been made,” said
France’s Human Rights Ambassador François Zimeray, who