   Armed Forces Act, 2007: o This Act contains provisions for the protection of children in areas affected by armed conflicts in the Sudan. It has also restricted conscription only to those above 18. The Act also contains provisions on the offences committed by fighters during military operations. Generally speaking this Act has become compatible with international standards on the protection of the child and African Charter on the Protection and Welfare of the Child. The Sudan is committed to the Paris Principles, 2007. The Child Act, 2010: o This latest legislation on child welfare and protection contains 87 articles dealing with all aspects of life of the child in accordance with the provisions of the National Interim Constitution of the Republic of the Sudan, 2005, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and all other international instruments on the child, including the UNCRC and its two optional protocols. The 12 chapters of the act contain stipulations on the right of the child for protection, alternative care, and health, and education, legal and judicial institutions. It has provided for the best interests of the child should have precedence over any other considerations regarding all decisions and procedures pertinent to childhood, family or environment regardless of the agency taking those decisions issuing such procedures. State Legislations: o Maternity and childhood issues are amongst the competencies shared by both federal government and state governments according to the National Interim Constitution of the Republic of the Sudan, 2005. Accordingly, some states have passed their own legislations on the child. These include the states of the Red Sea, Kassala, S Kordufan, W Darfur and S Darfur. There are similar bills in the states of Blue Nile, N Darfur and Gezira. There are bills prohibiting circumcision of females in the states of Gadaref and S Kordufan. There are legislations on the abandoned babies in the Red Sea state and similar bills in the Nile state. Activities and Programs  Family Joining and Reintegration Program: This is a post-CPA programs that has been designed to developed means to identify children who were separated from their families during conflicts, to find those families, unite the families and reintegrate them in society. Work in the north was initiated by state legislative councils. Work on the program commenced with support from UNICEF and was confined initially to the protection of separated children. The National Council for Child Welfare , Khartoum state, has played a pioneering role in this activity by coordinating work between Khartoum and other states. 8