A/HRC/9/3 page 9 South Sudan 23. The Government of National Unity and the Government of Southern Sudan committed to allow the United Nations Mission in the Sudan and UNICEF access to the military barracks of the Sudan Armed Forces, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and allied armed forces and groups to monitor and verify compliance, adopt and implement national legislation to criminalize the recruitment of child soldiers, allocate adequate resources for the reintegration of children associated with the armed forces, establish a task force to address sexual violence against children and ensure the safety and protection of humanitarian personnel. According to the most recent information received, the Government of National Unity has undertaken a number of important initiatives at the national, regional and local levels, in partnership with the United Nations, to improve child protection and address abuses against children. They include revising applicable legislation with a view to prohibiting and criminalizing the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups; training its military and security personnel; creating dedicated mechanisms within the administration, the army, the police forces and the judiciary to deal with child protection and to address sexual and gender-based violence; and taking action through its ceasefire institutions, to address child recruitment by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, the Sudan Armed Forces and any armed group under their control and/or aligned with them, and to foster the release of children. Democratic Republic of the Congo 24. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo committed to take measures to tackle the issues of child recruitment and sexual violence against children and to fight impunity of armed groups, such as non-integrated brigades of the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo loyal to Laurent Nkunda and the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR). According to recent information, the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have carried out several arrests and conducted trials of perpetrators of recruitment and rape of children in its national courts. In conjunction with the progress made in the implementation of the national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme for children, thousands of children have been separated from armed forces and groups and reintegrated into their communities. However, there has been little or no progress with regard to the forces led by Laurent Nkunda and FDLR. Laurent Nkunda and troops loyal to him continue to recruit and re-recruit children. 25. The President, Pierre Nkurunziza, and senior ministers of the Government of Burundi agreed to continue the Government’s efforts to address children’s rights and protection in the peace consolidation phase, particularly to ensure that the release and reintegration of all children associated with armed groups, whether those remaining in detention or in Palipehutu-Forces nationales de libération (FNL) ranks, are made a priority. The Government also committed to continue the fight against impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence, especially against children. According to the most recent information received, progress has been made with the release of children arrested for association with FNL in 2007. In April 2008, following requests by representatives of alleged dissidents of Palipehutu-FNL, government representatives mandated by President Nkurunziza identified and separated more than 200 children from the Randa and Buramata camps to the Gitega demobilization centre.