UNICEF: State of the World’s Children report to be released Nov 19
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 4 November 2009 - With a press conference at its headquarters, UNICEF will release its flagship report focussing on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly the day before the anniversary itself. The Convention is the first legally binding international convention to affirm human rights for all children. Since 1989, the CRC has achieved near-universal acceptance, having now been ratified by 193 parties - more than belong to the United Nations or have acceded to the Geneva Conventions.
Thursday, 19 November at 10:30 a.m. at UNICEF Headquarters on 44th Street in Manhattan, a press conference with UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, Lucy Liu, Goodwill Ambassador and actor and Grace Akallo, former child soldier to discuss the special edition of the agency’s widely-quoted annual publication, State of the World’s Children which this year will focus on the impact the CRC has had on the lives of millions of children and challenges moving forward.
Friday, 20 November a commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the CRC will be held in the Trusteeship Council in the United Nations Headquarters from 10:00 to 12 noon. Other events being held in New York City and around the world are listed at: http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/237_395.htm
