PSC/PR/COMM.2(DCLXI) Page 4 12. Emphasizes the urgent need for the implementation of the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Stes to silence the Guns in Africa by Year 2020, which includes taking robust action to end recruitment and use of child soldiers in Africa. In this context, Council recommends to the Assembly of Heads of States and Government of the AU to consider declaring 2018 as the ‘Year of Campaign for Abolition of Child Soldiers in Africa’; 13. Decides to remain actively seized with the matter. .