PHA-Exchange> The State of the Worlds Children 2005: Childhood UnderThreat

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> The State of the World's Children 2005: Childhood Under Threat
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> Published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2004
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> Download complete document as Adobe PDF file (164 pp. 6.7 MB!): 
> http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/sowc05.pdf
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> To download smaller pieces go to:
> http://www.unicef.org/sowc05/english/fullreport.html
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> There have been significant advances in the fulfilment of chil-
> dren's rights to survival, health and education through the pro-
> vision of essential goods and services, and a growing recogni-
> tion of the need to create a protective environment to shield 
> children from exploitation, abuse and violence since the Conven-
> tion on the Rights of the Child has been adopted by the UN Gen-
> eral Assembly in 1989. Worryingly, however, in several regions 
> and countries some of these gains appear in danger of reversal 
> from three key threats: poverty, armed conflict and HIV/AIDS. 
> The rights of over 1 billion children are violated because they 
> are severely underserved of at least one or more of the basic 
> goods and services required to survive, grow and develop. Swift 
> and decisive action is required to reduce the poverty that chil-
> dren experience, protect them from armed conflict and support 
> those orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.