Samboo, a 12-year-old soldier in the Karen rebel army fighting against Myanmar’s military, poses with his rifle in a jungle camp on the border with Thailand in this January 31, 2000 file photo. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on October 30 called for the demobilisation of 70,000 child soldiers, some as young as seven, fighting in armies across East Asia. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File photo