International consultation on the impact of armed conflict on children
An historic international consultation on the Impact of Armed Conflict on -Children will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for three days, starting 17 April. The consultation, which is the first · in a series·.pf such regional meetings, will focus on the experiences of .., Ethiopia and 14 other countries of the Horn, eastern, central and southern Africa. Taking as its basis the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty, the Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict. On Children, seeks to demonstrate to the world community the necessity of adopting effective ' measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of children who are victims of armed conflicts and to ' stimulate much ' greater international action in this area. In the December 1993 consensus resolution of the U.N. General Assembly that established the Study, the united Nations Children's Fund and the Geneva-based Centre for Human Rights were called upon to collaborate in its work.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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1995-04
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/33320 |
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