Carol Bellamy Quotes
It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.
...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.
When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.
Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.
Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.
New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'
And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.
Learn all you can about people in other parts of the world. Understanding how people in other countries live and work and play teaches us to respect them and promote peace everywhere.
Girls Scouts taught me to succeed (cookie selling) and to fail (knot tying) and to learn and benefit from both.
By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.
