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UNICEF’s State of The World’s Children report commemorates 20 years of the CRC
NEW YORK, 19 November 2009 – A special edition issue of UNICEF's flagship The State of the World's Children report, tracking the impact of...

Georgia commemorates 20 years of the CRC with creation of Child Rights’ Council at the Parliament
TBILISI, 20 November 2009 – A joint initiative of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and UNICEF to...

UNICEF welcomes decision by the Somali Transitional Federal Government to ratify the CRC
NAIROBI, KENYA, 20 November 2009 - UNICEF today welcomed the announcement by the Somali Transitional Federal Government that it...

Bosnia and Herzegovina marks the 20th Anniversary of the CRC
SARAJEVO, 19 November 2009 – As the world celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ms. Florence Bauer...

Twenty years later: Progress being made for children but much more work lies ahead
19 November 2009 – The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a universal standard for building a better world – a world in which the best...

Future generations in jeopardy unless urgent efforts are made to tackle malnutrition
16 November 2009 – Today, nearly 200 million children under the age of five who live in the developing world suffer from stunted growth as a...

UNICEF Sudan calls for religious leaders to support A World Day of Prayer
KHARTOUM/JUBA, SUDAN, 18 November 2009 – UNICEF’s Representative in Sudan Nils Kastberg is appealing for religious leaders to pray...

UNICEF to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
NEW YORK/GENEVA, for immediate release – With a press conference at its headquarters, UNICEF will release its flagship report focussing on the 20th...

On the day of marking 20th anniversary of CRC UNICEF in Kazakhstan nominates artist Batyrkhan Shukenov as first Goodwill Ambassador
ALMATY, 20 November 2009 - UNICEF has nominated well-known Kazakh artist Batyrkhan Shukenov first ever National Goodwill Ambassador in...