Women may serve in the Greek military, but cannot be conscripted.

Young people must still, however, register for possible conscription (should the situation call for it).

According to FOM, 51 of Russians support abolishing conscription, and 67 are against extending the age of eligibility for the draft.

Across the Caucasus, a generation has grown up absolutely lost to Russia and increasingly susceptible to recruitment into the ranks of Allah s warriors.

Children continued to be victims of the armed conflict, in particular as a result of the forced recruitment of thousands of boys and girls, hostage taking, displacements and the use of antipersonnel mines.

At person who was 8 years old at the end of the war is now 80. A young man who was eligible for conscription then is now 92.

Until the Thai government grasps this simple point, young men like those I met in Yala will still be recruited into militant activity.

Before the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in August 2003, the main areas of recruitment and abduction were internally displaced person and refugee camps, entertainment areas, and areas captured by fighting forces.

To ensure transparency, and in a spirit of cooperation, the Government arranged a visit by the Resident Coordinator and a representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to the two main recruitment centres in Yangon and Mandalay, and they were able to interact freely with the recruits.

Policies and laws need to be harmonized with the Convention, as do issues such as raising the legal age of recruitment in line with the standards in the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

How is peace fostered if the elimination or dramatic diminution of Hamas s capability leaves Gaza in the hands of even more militant groups, and gives Islamists throughout the region another recruitment tool?

In the government's response to this report, it was mentioned that only about a third of all future enlistments complete the medical background forms, and that the IDF is currently exploring internet based options for completing these forms.

Created to absorb army rejects who must still complete their mandatory national service, the CSF is a lower rung security organization in a country whose armed forces are subpar to begin with.