Posts Tagged: red hand day

Red Hand Day Arrives

Today, former child soldiers and other youth representing a grassroots campaign from around the world will present thousands of symbolic “red hands” to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to demand stronger action by international leaders to end the use of child soldiers….

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Red Hand Day – February 12

One month remains in the Red Hand Day Campaign to end the use of child soldiers. Student, community, and other groups from all over the world have been collecting ‘red hands’ which will be presented to UN officials in New…

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Raise a Red Hand; Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

February 12, 2009 is Red Hand Day – the international child soldier’s commemoration day, a day to work to end the use of child soldiers. According to an optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,…

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