PHM-Exch> The Global Community Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: HuriTALK sarah.rattray at undp.org


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*UNICEF’s State of The World’s Children report commemorates 20 years of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child*   **

*On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary
of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international
standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below
age 18. *

*To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children’s Fund is
dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World’s
Children to examining the Convention’s evolution, progress achieved in child
rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its
promise becomes a reality for all children. *

*The report and accompanying
video<http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/sowc/index.php>address the
progress that has been made in the last 20 years and the role
the Convention can fulfill moving forward into the future. *

* “The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified human
rights treaty in human history,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M.
Veneman.  “It has transformed the way children are viewed and treated
throughout the world.” *

*View report: The State of the World's Children
report<http://www.unicef.org/media/files/SOWC_Spec._Ed._CRC_Main_Report_EN_090409(1).pdf>(PDF)
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