RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS BY THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, THE NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY, AND THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE SERIES OF REPORTED INCIDENCE ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS IN ARMED CONFLICTS IN MINDANAO AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF URGING THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO COMPLY WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL TREATY OBLIGATIONS ON THE NON-ENGAGEMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN COMBAT SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAINSTREAM THE ISSUE OF CHILD SOLDIERS INTO THE PRIORITY AGENDA OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE RISING INCIDENCE OF RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN AS CHILD SOLDIERS