ARMED CONFLICTS REPORT 1998 Preface and Introduction Preface by Oscar Arias FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SAID IN 1937, "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." As we enter a new era, we must constantly remind ourselves that human security S in contrast to the traditional concept of security linked to military capacity and economic …showed first 75 words of 5685 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5685 total…all the states of Europe and the former Soviet Union (except for the Asian republics). The Americas include all of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. 3. Radda Barnen, the Swedish Save the Children organization, reports that in 1996-97 children under 18 took part as soldiers in 32 armed conflicts, and that in 24 of those conflicts children under the age of 15 were involved, some as young as seven or eight years of age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**