"This first World Day Against Child Labour is intended to help spread the message that child labour remains a serious problem and that we must do more to combat it," said ILO Director-General Juan Somavia. "We are asking everyone to join together in working towards a world where no children will be deprived of a normal, healthy childhood, where parents can find decent jobs and children can go to school."
Carol Bellamey, head of UNICEF is calling for decisive leadership from national governments., "They are signatories on international treaties banning such practices," she pointed out. "It is well past time for them to live up to their obligations.", noting "That so many children should be forced to work - and endure the hardship and abuse that so often comes with it - is more than simply unacceptable; it is unconscionable.”
The U.N.’s International Labor Organisation (ILO) has a special section on this subject on its website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/childlabour/index.htm
U.N.I.C.E.F. is also particularly concerned with this issue. http://www.unicef.org/
The U.N. is also encouraging nations to adopt a protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, so that the minimum age for military service will be 18. At present, there are more than 300,000 soldiers under this age, and in some instances, even younger than 12.
http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/soldiers.htm
Carol Bellamey, head of UNICEF is calling for decisive leadership from national governments., "They are signatories on international treaties banning such practices," she pointed out. "It is well past time for them to live up to their obligations.", noting "That so many children should be forced to work - and endure the hardship and abuse that so often comes with it - is more than simply unacceptable; it is unconscionable.”
The U.N.’s International Labor Organisation (ILO) has a special section on this subject on its website: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/childlabour/index.htm
U.N.I.C.E.F. is also particularly concerned with this issue. http://www.unicef.org/
The U.N. is also encouraging nations to adopt a protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, so that the minimum age for military service will be 18. At present, there are more than 300,000 soldiers under this age, and in some instances, even younger than 12.
http://www.un.org/special-rep/children-armed-conflict/soldiers.htm