In the annual report he submitted to the security council, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has not missed out Nepal while referring to child soldiers across the world. The other countries mentioned in his report are Burundi, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Sudan, Colombia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Uganda. "In Nepal, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist recruited underage soldiers and killed children, including more than 50 in the first half of last year," the report said. In the report, Annan has recommended sanctions against groups who use child soldiers. "These sanctions could include travel bans on leaders, arms embargoes and a restriction on the flow of financial resources to the parties concerned," he said. The UN Security Council is to debate Annan's report on 23 February. The UN special representative for children in armed conflict, Olara Otunnu, said Annan's report marked a turning point for \'transforming words into deeds'. Some 54 groups, including state and rebel forces, use children as soldiers.