A/HRC/28/54 15. At its launch, all eight governments listed in the annexes to the Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict (A/68/878-S/2014/339) endorsed the campaign, namely Afghanistan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Yemen. Six of them had already committed to ending and preventing the recruitment of children and signed action plans with the United Nations. Action plans are Security Council-mandated agreements between a party to conflict and the United Nations that identify actions and measures to end and prevent grave violations against children. 16. The “Children, Not Soldiers” campaign has gained momentum in the short time since its launch. In May 2014, the Government of Yemen signed an Action Plan with the United Nations, committing to ensure that their national security forces do not recruit or use children. Chad completed all the requirements under its Action Plan and was delisted from the annexes of the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict in 2014. South Sudan recommitted to the Action Plan that it had signed in 2012 and, despite the ongoing crisis, a national launch of the campaign was held on 29 October 2014. The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo made steady progress in the implementation of its Action Plan, particularly with regard to giving the United Nations access to military facilities and universal screening of recruits; it appointed a personal advisor to the President on sexual violence and child recruitment. In August 2014, the Government of Afghanistan confirmed its commitment to the campaign with the endorsement of a “Road Map Towards Compliance,” which detailed 15 measures to fully implement the Action Plan signed with the United Nations in 2011. In Myanmar, 376 children were released from the ranks of the Tatmadaw since the beginning of 2014. Implementation monitoring is undertaken and dialogue held between the Government of Myanmar and the United Nations every six months. In Somalia, a child protection unit has been established in the Somalia Armed Forces and the Somali authorities put in place mechanisms for the handover to the United Nations of children found in the ranks of its army. Dialogue is ongoing with the Sudanese Government, which has expressed its commitment to ensuring security forces without the presence of children. 17. The “Children, Not Soldiers” campaign reached out to United Nations Member States and other actors to mobilize political and practical support. In May 2014, the Special Representative chaired a meeting, convened by the Embassy of Luxembourg and the African Union Peace and Security Council, in Addis Ababa, in which the five African States concerned by the “Children, Not Soldiers” campaign participated. The meeting focused on specific challenges, best practices and strategies towards ending the recruitment and use of children by government forces. In June 2014, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland invited the Special Representative to participate in a closeddoor ministerial round table on ending the recruitment and use of children by armed forces. In September 2014, also at the invitation of the United Kingdom, the Special Representative moderated a round table on the margins of the General Assembly, in New York, to share experiences and discuss the next steps in the implementation of the campaign. The event was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and representatives of Afghanistan, Chad, Liberia, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen, as well as the African Union Peace and Security Commissioner. Also in September 2014, the Office of the Special Representative and UNICEF collaborated with a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to organize a one-day workshop on ways to support the campaign and harness complementarity between different actors to support the implementation of action plans at national level. In Geneva, the Special Representative held a consultative workshop with the NGO Focus Group on Children Affected by Armed Conflict to take stock of the progress of the campaign and discuss best practices and lessons learned in countries concerned. The “Children, Not Soldiers” campaign has also reached 6