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Event on 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child held in Baku

19 November 2009 10:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. Event on the 20th anniversary of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was held in Baku, APA reports. The event was organized by Baku Office of the UN Department of Public Information, UN Childrenâ€™s Fund, Azerbaijani Human Rights Commissionerâ€™s Office, State Committee for Problems of Family, Women and Children. Head of the UNDPI office in Baku Envera Selimovic said the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989. The majority of the UN member states signed the document within a short period of time. Azerbaijan joined the convention in 1992. Envera Selimovic said from the UN member states only US and Somali had not joined the convention.

Human Rights Commissioner Elmira Suleymanova spoke about the measures taken to protect childrenâ€™s rights in Azerbaijan and the activity of the commissionerâ€™s office.
â€œBut there still are a lot of children living under heavy threats,â€ she said.

Deputy Chairperson of the State Committee for Problems of Family, Women and Children Sedagat Gahramanova offered that children should present TV programs on November 20.
â€œOur main target is that everybody should realize and observe the childrenâ€™s rights. But sometimes, in the poorest family childrenâ€™s rights are protected, while in a better-off family childrenâ€™s rights are violated,â€ she said.

Following this, the winners of the competition of journalistsâ€™ articles on the theme â€œChildrenâ€™s rights for allâ€ and competition of childrenâ€™s paintings on the theme â€œOur rightsâ€ organized by the Human Rights Commissionerâ€™s office under the slogan â€œLetâ€™s listen to the children, ensure their participationâ€ were awarded.