Also known as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, Red Hand Day serves to raise public awareness of the thousands of children around the world used by armed forces or groups as soldiers, spies, porters, sexual slaves, or in other roles. Sweden, former chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, urged the Council to integrate children and armed conflict perspectives into its discussions on UN peace mission mandates, budgets, and efforts to prevent conflict and sustain peace.