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[ISLAMABAD, 12 May 2012] - The Child Rights Movement (CRM), a coalition of 108 civil society organisations, has expressed concern over non-implementation of the Pakistan Human Rights Council’s suggestions to safeguard the rights of children in the country and demanded immediate establishment of the National Commission for Child Welfare and Development (NCCWD). Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club on Friday, CRM Coordinator Ghazala Shah, sharing the recent submission of a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report to Human Rights Council (HRC), urged the government to follow the HRC recommendations as highlighted in UPR report. Flanked by other human rights activists, including Aysha Bilal, Salim Malik, Dr Danish, Abdullah Khoro, the CRM coordinator said Pakistan had ratified UNCRC in 1990 and ILO Conventions 138 and 182 in 2006 and 2001, respectively, but had done little in terms of introducing legislation for the compliance of the relevant international treaties. They regretted that Pakistan was one of the few countries in the world where polio was still endemic and malnutrition was contributing to 35 percent of all under-five children’s death in Pakistan. Further Information: