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Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers According to Article 10 of the Constitution of 11 June 1991, "Each citizen of Burkina Faso is required to contribute to the defence and preservation of territorial integrity. Each citizen is required to carry out national service upon demand. According to the initial report of Burkina Faso to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, submitted in 1993, the minimum age for voluntary enlistment in the armed forces is 20 whereas the minimum age of conscription, known as National Development Service, is 18. However, the UN reported in 1997 that there is no conscription in Burkina Faso. June 12, 2001 Burkina Faso: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Burkina Faso signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and on 16 September 1998 the instruments of ratification were deposited at the United Nations, making Burkina Faso the 40th country to ratify the treaty and thus allowing the treaty to enter into force on 1 March 1999. According to one source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, domestic implementation legislation is not viewed as necessary because Burkina Faso has never produced, stockpiled, or used landmines.68 Some deputies in the National Assembly are prepared to propose legislation.69 Burkina Faso has not yet submitted its Article 7 transparency report, due by 27 August 1999. An official in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs blamed the late report on the current socio-political crisis that has focused government priorities elsewhere. August 1, 2000
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