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Pictures
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Your
children are not your children.
They
are the life's longing for itself.
They
come through you, but not from you.
Although
they live with you, they do not belong to you.
(Kahlil
Gibran, The Prophet)
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In the little world in which children have their existence...
there
is nothing so finely perceived
and
so finely felt
as
injustice.
(Charles Dickens,
British author)
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[During the
war in Afghanistan, mines developed for the first time for use against children
were deployed. These "toy mines" exploded in the hands of children
picking them up out of interest. This little girl is pictured holding one of
these - defused! - mines; the picture is taken from a brochure from the Children's
Emergency Fund]
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The
following pictures and quotes have been taken from UNICEF's website, which
provides an excellent source of information on our advanced subject of
children's rights. A visit to UNICEF's website is an absolute must for all
those interested in children's rights. You will find the site at: http://www.unicef.org |
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" 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." – Carol Bellamy,
UNICEF Executive Director |
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"Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people;
they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation." – Mary
Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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"The Convention is not only a visionary
document. We
are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works – and its utility can be seen
in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after
country, in policy, in practice and in law." – Carol Bellamy,
UNICEF Executive Director, Statement to the UNICEF Executive Board, September 1998 |
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"To look into some aspects of the future, we do not
need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care
for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but
more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our
children." – Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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"A United Nations that will not stand up for human
rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself." – Kofi
Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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"The well-being of children requires political action
at the highest level. We are determined to take that action." – World
Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children, 1990 |
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"Never doubt that a small group of committed people
can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." – Margaret
Mead, Anthropologist |
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