The issue of children involved in conflicts is something that Canada takes very seriously, and it condemns any such involvement.
As you know, Canada and the international community have imposed sanctions against individuals in the various parties in the conflict. We maintain that an arms embargo, imposed with the international community, would certainly be very effective in minimizing the risk of that kind of thing. We regret that the Security Council was not able to vote for the resolution that was put forward in December and supported by Canada.