Five Major Child Advocates: Children’s Rights Are Everybody’s Responsibility
November 20, 2009 at 5:12 pm | In AERO, Education News | Leave a CommentTags: AERO, Ann Veneman, Anne Lynam Goddard, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, ChildFund International, Kevin Jenkins, Richard Pichler, Save the Children Alliance, SOS Kinderdorf International, UNICEF, World Vision International
On the anniversary of twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – the most ratified human rights treaty in human history — the leaders of five major organizations focusing on children make a joint plea to put children’s best interests at the heart of human activity.
By Anne Lynam Goddard President and CEO, ChildFund International, Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Secretary General, Save the Children Alliance, Kevin J. Jenkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Vision International, Richard Pichler, Secretary General, SOS Kinderdorf International, and Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF
Twenty years ago this week, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a far-reaching and idealistic treaty that would dramatically alter the way the world looks at children. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, developed after years of intricate negotiations, offered a vision of a world in which all children survive and develop, and are protected, respected and encouraged to participate in the decisions that affect them.
Based on four core principles — non-discrimination; the best interest of the child; right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child — the Convention made it not just wise and just, but legally imperative for governments to recognize and uphold children’s rights to such basic things as education, adequate healthcare, shelter and access to safe water and sanitation.
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