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Posts Tagged: universal children’s day

October 30, 2013

Celebrate World Day of Prayer and Action for Children and Universal Children’s Day

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The World Day of Prayer and Action for Children is celebrated on Universal Children’s Day (20 November) by secular and faith-based organizations working to end violence against children. The World Day brings people together to pray and act for the well-being of children. Universal Children’s Day also commemorates the adoption of the United Nations Convention… Read more »
November 13, 2012

The Convention on the Rights of the Child

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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. In 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention just for them because people under 18 years old often need special care and protection… Read more »
November 7, 2012

World Day of Prayer and Action for Children and Universal Children’s Day

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November 20 brings the World Day of Prayer and Action and Universal Children’s Day. The Presbyterian Office of Child Advocacy and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations invite you to join people around the world and celebrate on that day or on Sunday, November 18 or Sunday, November 25. World Day of Prayer and… Read more »
November 21, 2010

Children and Armed Conflict

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Children and Armed Conflict From the statement for Universal Children’s Day by Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy and Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy: November 20 is Universal Children’s Day, a day to celebrate youth and to demonstrate…

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