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Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children.

The Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 details how a near global consensus that children should not be used as soldiers and strenuous international efforts have failed to protect tens of thousands of children from war. When armed conflict exists, children will almost inevitably become involved as soldiers.

This is the third edition of the report and covers the period April 2004 to October 2007.