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May 03, 2007

UNICEF's New Handbook Fights Child Violence?

 

Some snippets from a UN “news” report posted yesterday:

 

2 May 2007 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today launched a joint handbook for lawmakers to help them devise the necessary strategies, from introducing legislation to allocating public funds, to protect children from violence.

 

It goes on to say,

 

Mr. Niwa (UNICEF Deputy Executive Director) said he was heartened to see so many lawmakers at the Bali meeting, where efforts to combat violence against children is one of the subjects being discussed.

 

“They can legislate, oversee government activity, allocate financial resources and, as leaders within their nations, advocate for change.” he said.

 

UNICEF has allocated more than $240 million over the past two years to its programmes on child protection, and the UN Secretary-General’s most recent report on the issue found that violence against children is widespread and under-acknowledged, often leaving lasting physical, emotional and psychological scars.

 

Here’s a thought: Maybe they can start by keeping UN Peacekeepers away from children, especially young girls; something the UN has yet to do anything serious to punish and prevent…

 

 

 

 

Posted by Martin at May 3, 2007 01:03 PM

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