SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2014, para. 56
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Between June 2012 and December 2013, the Optional Protocol was ratified by Cameroon, Indonesia and Nigeria, and was acceded to by Swaziland and Zimbabwe, bringing the total number of States parties to 152. To date, a total of 20 Member States have signed but not ratified the Optional Protocol. Furthermore, the Special Representative welcomes the firm pledge made in December 2013 by Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and hopes that this will translate into ratification of the Convention and its Optional Protocols as soon as possible.
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict