Some 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 years are involved in child labour.

Child labour, child kidnapping, child trafficking

Fourth, there had been the work done by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

In Southern Africa, UNHCR, UNICEF and Save the Children (UK) developed a Child Protection Operational Toolkit for Voluntary Repatriation.

50. The Committee recommends that special protective measures be implemented in relation to children living in rural areas, children who are victims of abuse, children of single parent families, children born out of wedlock, abandoned, institutionalized and disabled children, children involved with the juvenile justice system, particularly when deprived of their liberty, children involved in child labour and children who, in order to survive, are forced to live and or work in the streets.

280. The Committee recommends that special protective measures be implemented in relation to children living in rural areas, children who are victims of abuse, children of single parent families, children born out of wedlock, abandoned, institutionalized and disabled children, children involved with the juvenile justice system, particularly when deprived of their liberty, children involved in child labour and children who, in order to survive, are forced to live and or work on the street.

A focus of UNICEF activities in Uganda is protecting these children.

Coordinator, National Task Force for Children (NTFC), Chaired by H.M. Queen Noor, assisted technically by UNICEF Jordan. Implementing and coordinating the Convention on the Rights of the Child in educational curricula and preparing the draft of the Jordan Child Act.

(s) Funding from UNICEF Guatemala to CHILDHOPE to carry out a survey on the kinds of work performed by street children in Guatemala City (1995).

(f) To recognize that persons convicted of violent offences against and sexual abuse of children who continue to pose a risk of harm to children should be prevented from working with children

60. Mrs. Ali (Nigeria) said that concerted efforts were necessary at all levels in order to reduce violence against children, child labour, the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

The Child Protection Action Network and the Committee to Counter Child Trafficking led by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) are responsible for the situation of children in Afghanistan.

Worst forms of child labour include child prostitution and trafficking.

His delegation fully supported the work of the open ended working group to elaborate a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on children in armed conflict.

Age limits below which paid employment of children is prohibited

CHILDHOPE also collaborates with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on issues pertaining child labour and the work of street children.

101. Children and work.

The promotion of actions to curb the (harmful) involvement of children in the process of construction, upgrading of shelter or providing services (e.g. children working in hazardous construction activities children working long hours as waste scavengers).

IV. Working Group on Children and the Media report to the

Staff member, United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF)

Of those, 8.4 million are trapped in the worst forms of child labour as defined in ILO Convention No. 182, including some 5.7 million in forced and bonded labour.

In addition, UNICEF initiated studies on child labour, child detention and violence against children.

(q) Publication (English), with funding from UNICEF New York and Rissho Kosei Kai Peace Fund in Japan of CHILDHOPE apos s Directory of Organizations Working with Street Children in Asia, 1995

They included the continuing commercial sexual exploitation of children and the problem of child labour.

(b) Protection of children at work

(c) The forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict, the use of these children in armed conflict by militias, the practice of child labour, particularly domestic labour, and the involvement of children in exploitative and hazardous labour, and a juvenile justice system not in accordance with international standards

(g) Cooperation of CHILDHOPE Asia in February 1994 with UNICEF Cambodia, in developing a consulting programme entitled quot Human Resource Development Training for Cambodian Staff Working with Street Children quot

Disaggregated data and appropriate indicators seem to be lacking to assess the situation of children, especially those who are victims of abuse, ill treatment or child labour or are involved with the administration of juvenile justice, as well as the girl child, children of single parent families and those born out of wedlock, children in rural areas, abandoned, institutionalized and disabled children, and children who, in order to survive, are living and or working in the streets.

Disaggregated data and appropriate indicators seem to be lacking to assess the situation of children, especially those who are victims of abuse, ill treatment or child labour or are involved with the administration of juvenile justice, as well as the girl child, children of single parent families and those born out of wedlock, children in rural areas, abandoned, institutionalized and disabled children, and children who, in order to survive, are living and or working on the street.

States parties are encouraged to undertake systematic child rights training for children and their parents, as well as for all professionals working for and with children, in particular parliamentarians, judges, magistrates, lawyers, law enforcement officials, civil servants, personnel in institutions and places of detention for children, teachers, health personnel, social workers and local leaders.

Representatives from UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO, including IPEC, WHO and the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child participated in the discussion.

Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict

Other priorities which had been identified included the plight of street children, the exploitation of child labour, refugee and internally displaced children, children with disabilities and the girl child, as well as the need for implementation by States of existing norms.

fostering of social infrastructure in order to facilitate child raising and work

3. UNICEF supports the process of drafting an optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography.

quot 6. Urges the working group to continue the elaboration, as a matter of priority, of a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, in close cooperation with the Special Rapporteur and the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Modalities of indigenous children being involved in child labour.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child principally enshrines children's participation in all matters affecting children.

Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child children with disabilities prevention and eradication of the sale of children, and of their sexual exploitation, including child prostitution and child pornography protection of children affected by armed conflict refugee and internally displaced children elimination of the exploitation of child labour the plight of children living and or working on the streets the girl child

of child care leave (of three years apos duration) to take care of a child under four years of age.

Children who help their families in household activities during their leisure time also do not belong in the category of child workers.

Among other things, the resolution noted the Plan of Action of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and focused on the girl child, the prevention and eradication of the sale of children and of their sexual exploitation, the protection of children affected by armed conflict, the problems of refugee and internally displaced children, the elimination of child labour, and the plight of street children.

The Committee is also concerned at the lack of a systematic plan to introduce training and awareness among professional groups working for and with children.

Recognizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child apos s education, or to be harmful to the child apos s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

Calls upon States parties to strengthen relevant governmental structures for children, including, where appropriate, ministers in charge of child issues and independent commissioners for the rights of the child, and ensure adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children