June 15, 2011
Posts Tagged: child soldiers
April 30, 2011
Thursday night in Queens
“You have the coolest job.” That was one of the closing comments to my time at the First Presbyterian Church in Whitestone. Pastor Andy James had invited me to visit during Lent and share about the Presbyterian Ministry at the…
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April 14, 2011
Skyping the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
This evening brought a milestone on my technological journey. I had Skyped before . . . in fact there were several Skype conversations today alone. But at about 8:20 Eastern time, as had been carefully prearranged, my Skype came to…
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March 31, 2011
Red Hands in Fort Wayne
Sent from United Faith Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne, IN to the Office of Child Advocacy (in August – we are behind but catching up!): Several weeks ago, our congregation signed “red hands” in support of the “No Child Soldiers”…
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February 15, 2011
Where did the Red Hands go?
Red Hands were recently sent to a number of missions of member states at the United Nations asking them to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed…
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February 11, 2011
Mailing Red Hands
Here’s a photo album on the Presbyterians Say No Child Soldiers Facebook page taken as packets of Red Hands were assembled to send to missions at the United Nations urging them to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on…
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January 31, 2011
Children at risk – Sudan, Myanmar, Philippines, Gaza
The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict provides links to stories about children at risk in several places around the world. Singers strive for peace in new Sudan: The bumping beats of African…
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January 29, 2011
We can give that a try
They arrived from Boston at around 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning and by 9:30 a.m, they made it to the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. Five students, two faculty members, and an assistant from the Program for International and…
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December 30, 2010
Red Hands continue to work
Congo agrees to treaty that bans child solders; Ethiopia signs In late July 2010, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mailed drawings of red hands and messages to the Mission of Congo and the Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations as…
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November 29, 2010
UN treaties and child soldiers
“UN Treaties alone obviously won’t demobilize all the world’s child soldiers, but their main role is to put down a legal placeholder.” – Michelle Chen in White House Says Child Soldiers Are Ok, If They Fight Terrorists
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