Chapter III. PLEDGES Somalia welcomes the adoption of the Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa and is pleased to inform the audience that the country ratified this instrument on 15 March 2011. With a view to allowing the Convention to be fully implemented in the Somalia context, the country commits to adopting a national IDP policy. By mean of this statement, I also wish to call – on behalf of my Government – the non-State actors to take concrete and immediate measures to lessen the impact of the ongoing armed conflict on civilians by complying with international humanitarian law. EXCERPTS FROM NATIONAL STATEMENT My Government makes the pledge of putting in place a system to register all new-born babies inside and outside Somalia as a means to guarantee their citizenship. I count on the support of the International Community to make this happen effectively and efficiently. On behalf of my Government I would also like to reiterate the commitment made by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) leaders to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to halt the recruitment of child soldiers into its forces. This pledge was made during the visits of the Special Representative to Mogadishu which took place in November 2010 and November 2011. Nevertheless, the recruitment of child soldiers into armed forces by nonState actors remains a major problem. By mean of this statement, I also wish to call – on behalf of my Government – the non-State actors to take concrete and immediate measures to lessen the impact of the ongoing armed conflict on civilians by complying with the international humanitarian law. My Government at national and sub-national levels is committed to effectively engage with the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, who is due to visit my beloved country for the first time next week. 113