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Children Quotes by Carol Bellamy
- We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more…
- It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.
- Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.
- Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate…
- The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations…
- What is needed now are increased efforts to promote youth participation and commitment; more services aimed at youth; more parental involvement; more education and information,…
- ...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
- A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but…
- The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can be…
- New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous…
- The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.
- In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health,…
- Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner…
- UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
- When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.
- For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion…
- Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.
- Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply…
- I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that…
- I think tremendous change has taken place since the World Summit for Children in 1990.
- The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed…
- Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered…
- And most importantly perhaps, children can learn about their rights, share their knowledge with the children of other nations, identify problems with them and establish…
- Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.
- In working with UNICEF our corporate partners have demonstrated time and again that their financial resources, leadership and expertise can bring about real and lasting…
More Children Quotes
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour
- If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- To suggest that God specifically created a worm to torture small African children is blasphemy as far as I can see. The… — David Attenborough
- Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
- I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild child in… — Margaret Atwood
- The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children. — John James Audubon