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18 December 2018

New York, 18 December 2018 – SRSG Santos Pais welcomes the accession of Tunisia to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.

10 December 2018

New York, 10 December 2018 - Today marks a special day in the history of humankind!

22 November 2018

Abu Dhabi - 20 November 2018: 

22 November 2018

Abu Dhabi, 20 November - On 2018 World Children’s Day, SRSG Santos Pais joined faith leaders gathered in Abu Dhabi at the first Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities forum on Child Dignity in a Digital World who pledged their commitment to children’s  safety online. 

20 November 2018

  2018年11月20日,纽约/日内瓦:今天,在我们庆祝“世界儿童日”和联合国《儿童权利公约》通过29周年之际,联合国儿童权利专家敦促世界各国政府团结一致,确保优先重视实现儿童权利,并加快努力执行《儿童权利公约》这一历史上得到最广泛批准的人权条约。

  专家们指出:“虽然《公约》几乎得到普遍批准,但必须重申承诺,并将其转化为具体行动,以促进每个儿童切实享有这些承诺。每一项政策决定都对有权得到照顾、支持及免遭忽视、虐待和剥削的儿童产生影响,并影响到儿童能否充分发展能力和才干以充分实现其潜力。不让任何一个孩子掉队的最佳办法是把孩子放在第一位,以确保没有一个孩子在充满恐惧、暴力和绝望的世界中成长。”

20 November 2018

New York/Geneva, 20 November 2018: Today, as we celebrate Universal Children’s Day and the 29th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN child rights experts* urge Governments around the world to be united in ensuringpriority attention to the realization of the rights of the c

05 November 2018

Montevideo, Uruguay 3 noviembre 2018 - La Representante Especial del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Violencia contra los Niños, (SRSG-VAC) Marta Santos Pais, saluda el compromiso del MERCOSUR con la salvaguarda de los derechos de la niñez, incluida su protección frente a la violencia como una dimensión transversal de su trabajo para realizar la visión de la

05 November 2018

Montevideo, Uruguay 3 November 2018 -The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, (SRSG-VAC) Marta Santos Pais, welcomes MERCOSUR’s commitment to safeguard children’s rights, including their protection from violence as a crosscutting dimension of its work towards realizing the vision of the 2030 Agenda. 

04 October 2018

New York, 4 October 2018 - In countries around the world, whether online or in person, bullying is at the top of children’s concerns.  Worldwide, more than 1 in 3 students between 13-15 years of age experience bullying, which compromises their health, emotional well-being, school performance and is associated with devastating life-long consequences. 

26 September 2018

New York, 26 September 2018 - As a follow-up to the 2016 report of the Secretary-General on bullying, the SRSG has released a second report pursuant to General Assembly resolution 71/176 giving attention to measures promoted by Member States over the past two years to prevent bullying and to protect children.