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STATEMENT
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America
and the Caribbean, Nils Kastberg, makes
a statement against gun violence |
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2008 - Latin America and the Caribbean
has earned the unwelcome reputation
of being the region with the highest
rate of violence in the world. Levels
of armed violence in the region have
reached epidemic proportions -- 42 per
cent of the total number of homicides
around the world take place here, fuelled
by readily available small arms and
a widening gap between the richest and
poorest segments of society. |
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| LAW
ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| On August 17 the Bill
of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in
which the law on Children and Adolescents
is promulgated”, a proposal that
prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition,
Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health,
Special Protection, Civil Registration,
Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality,
and Water and Sanitation. Based on what
you know about the country’s situation,
what would you propose doing to consolidate
these priorities? |
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SIXTH MEETING OF
GOVERNORS FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH
BEGINS
Bogotá, 13 June 2008. With the presence
of international speaker Marta Maurás Pérez,
UNICEF Special Envoy for Latin America, consultant
and member of Chile’s Foreign Policy Council
and the Board of Directors of that country’s
Observatory on Public Policy for Children, the
Sixth Meeting of Governors for Children and Adolescents,
Facts and Rights was inaugurated, hosted on this
occasion by the Department of Boyacá.
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Intervention by:
Elizabeth Gibbons
Associate Director,
Gender, Rights and Citizen Responsibility,
Division of Policies and Practices – UNICEF
NYHQ –
For
me, seeing all of you national and local elected
officials and the people of your country gathered
here to make political and economic decisions
– decisions to make transformations in the
life of each Colombian child – is an enormous
recognition.
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COLOMBIAINFO
UNICEF’S new tool for analyzing the situation
of children
Bogotá,
June 10, 2008. Within the framework of the Sixth
Meeting of Governors for Children, Adolescents
and Youths, UNICEF will introduce a new tool for
disseminating information on the current status
of Colombian children, in order to contribute
to the making of a detailed analysis of the situation
of the rights of the children and adolescents
at the national and departmental level.
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Children, adolescents
and youths meet at the
VI Governors’ Meeting in Paipa
- 35 representatives from 28 departments to attend
Bogotá,
June 10, 2008. One of the big wins of the Code
for Children and Adolescents is the inclusion
of the right of children, adolescents and youths
to participate in the processes that affect them.
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Governors Promote
the Rights of Adolescents in Conflict with the
Law in their Development Plans
Bogotá,
6 June 2008. Aware of all the adverse conditions
surrounding adolescents in conflict with the law
and the urgent need to undertake actions to transform
these conditions, the country’s 32 governors
are meeting to establish determined actions for
protection, prevention, surveillance, attention
and follow-up on this situation, within the framework
of the Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents.
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Governors define
actions to protect children, adolescents and youths
against the violence generated by the armed groups
Bogotá,
5 June 2008. The 32 regional leaders will gather
this coming 12th and 13th of June in Paipa (Boyacá)
at the Sixth Meeting of Governors for Children,
Adolescents and Youth, to discuss actions to ensure
that this population group affected by the violence
generated by the illegal armed groups can enjoy
the fulfilment, protection and restitution of
their rights, and integral reparation for the
ones that are victims.
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CHILD LABOUR TO BE
DEBATED AT VI GOVERNORS’ SUMMIT
• More than 2 million Colombian children
work
Bogotá,
2 June 2008. Establishing concrete specific actions
for detecting, preventing and eradicating the
worst forms of child labour and protecting working
adolescents is one of the objectives of the Sixth
Meeting of Governors for Children, Adolescents
and Youths to be held in Paipa, Boyacá
this coming 12th and 13th of June.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press
Today
(Spanish)
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