American - Educator | January 14, 1942 -
By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
Carol Bellamy
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For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.
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The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed or actions undertaken.
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Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted.
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The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.
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Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.
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And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish how they might work together to address them.
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Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action.
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While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world.
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Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.
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UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
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