trafficking Archives

October 12, 2012

No child soldiers: more steps on the journey

Posted 5:26pm

As representatives of the Member States gathered for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, several important events took place in the effort to create a world where children are children not soldiers: On 19 September 2012, the Security Council demanded that “parties to armed conflict which commit grave abuses against children, including… Read more »

June 25, 2012

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child examines the US

Posted 2:07pm

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child met last week with nongovernmental organizations that offered recommendations to the United States to improve its efforts to stop the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. ECPAT-USA, a partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s human trafficking roundtable submitted an alternate report to the… Read more »

June 6, 2012

Summer volunteers work on Red Hands

Posted 1:31pm

Sophie Beal and Elodie de Bethmann are summer volunteer interns at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. This is their first week with us, their first blog with us, and their first time getting involved with Red Hands. Below is the blog from Sophie and Elodie. More photos are available on our Facebook… Read more »

December 8, 2011

How to make Red Hands

Posted 5:49pm

The Red Hand Campaign asks nation states to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and make clear their commitment to ending the use of child soldiers. The goal is for every country in the world to ratify the optional protocol by… Read more »

September 22, 2011

Red Hands make a difference

Posted 11:53pm

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” (Matthew 19:14) We moved another step closer a world where children are children and not soldiers today. Presbyterian Red Hands helped make it happen! Saint Lucia signed the… Read more »

July 22, 2011

Red Hands at work

Posted 4:50pm

What difference do Presbyterian Red Hands make? This year three states: Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Chad recently signed an action plan to end the use… Read more »

July 21, 2011

Red Hands say no child soldiers

Posted 10:08pm

Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.Matthew 19:14 Red Hands, made by Presbyterians across the church, were sent to the permanent missions of 26 member states of the United Nations today. The Red Hands, in a variety… Read more »

March 1, 2011

New Presbyterian representative to the United Nations

Posted 4:06am

Ryan Smith has been called as the new Presbyterian representative to the United Nations on the staff of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. Ryan brings experience working in faith-based non-governmental organizations in the United Nations community and Washington….

A Prayer for the People of Myanmar (Burma)

Posted 3:26am

Gracious God, we pray for the people of Myanmar. Guide them in the paths of peace and the ways of justice. We pray for the children of Myanmar, especially those who are soldiers, orphans, refugees, or forced into labor and…

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