Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit - Commonwealth Caucus for 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children

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To develop a Commonwealth agenda
for children in order to facilitate the
implementation of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child and the
adoption by commonwealth member
countries of other child related
instruments, thus ensuring the
realisation of the rights of the child in
throughout the commonwealth,as
well as to prepare for the UNGA
special session for children. The organising of Regional
workshops to bring together NGOs
and National Bodies responsible for
children's rights.

Asian Regional seminar on the Rights
of the Child, Dhaka
Bangladesh May 1998, African
Regional Workshop on the Rights of
the Child,Nairobi Kenya June
2000,Caribbean Regional Workshop
on the rights of the Child, St John's
Antigua, October 2000. Soth
Pacific Regional Workshop, on the
rights of the child, Nuku'alofa
Tonga March 2001
Commonwealth Caucus

Countries

Key information

Operation level:
Regional
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Organisation

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Organisation mandate

Lobby governments and the United Nations

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