Former Ghanaian President John Kuffour has vowed to champion the rights of children to adequate food supplies in an effort to ensure that the young generation in food insecure nations have a bright future. (..) Mr. Kuffour who is now a World Food Programme (WFP) global Ambassador against hunger was speaking in Kajiado Central district (..).
A photo exhibition, entitled "Our Children, Our World," was launched on Thursday at the UN headquarters in New York on the eve of the Universal Children's Day and the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of which fall on Friday. Consisting of some 100 selected images depicting the lives of children from 26 countries and regions, the exhibition...
The Italian government must implement a concrete action plan to promote children's rights in the country, said Vincenzo Spadafora, President of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Italy, on Thursday. Friday marks the celebration of Universal Children's Day and the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. More than 150 events are planned worldwide. The Italian committee for...
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A special edition of UNICEF's annual State of the World's Children report, released 20 years after the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, shows that "fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to school - but an estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development," the
Albanian President Bamir Topi and his wife as well as foreign diplomats joined groups of children here Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. "Albania has made a visible progress in protection of children's rights, but more efforts are needed for improvements," First Lady Teuta Topi told participants at a gathering in the presidential palace in...
A special edition issue of UNICEF's flagship The State of the World's Children report, tracking the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the challenges that remain, was released on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention's adoption by the UN General Assembly.
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh has done well in various parameters listed under the Convention on the Rights of the Child but it should do more to meet the targets for 2015 Millennium Development Goals, said Mr. Michel Saint Lot, Chief Field ...
NEW DELHI: As the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child this week, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday acknowledged the measures taken by India to ensure that children can ...
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-21 13:55:26 HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world should learn from Cuba on the protection of children's rights. Jose Juan Ortiz, speaking at celebrations marking Universal...
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Filed under: We are living in the 21 st century and are very proud to say that everyone enjoys equal rights and the children are happier and safer than ever before. However we do not realize that our vision is very limited and we only tend to think about children in our well educated and urban neighborhood. But even today there are several grave issues that stand as a hurdle to a joyful life of millions...
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A historic decision was made on 20 November 1989, when world leaders adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the UN General Assembly. Since its inception 20 years ago, the Convention has become the most-ratified human rights treaty in history.
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