Regional summit of children - Latin America and the Caribbean Memoirs

CONTENTS

PRESENTATION
OPENING SESSION

-Speech given by Mrs. Pan Kim Phuc, UNESCO Goodwill
Ambassador

-Speech given by Mrs. Anne Aymone Giscard D'Estaing, President
of the Foundation for Children.

-Speech given by Mrs. Chantal Campaore,
First Lady of Burkina Faso
.
-Speech given by Mrs. Marta Santos Pals, Evaluation Director,
UNICEF Policy, New York

Speech given by Mr. Victor Tokman,
Deputy Director General, and Regional Director for the Americas,
ILO

-Message from her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden.
-Remarks by the Winners of the Alternatives for Peace Contest.

-Speech given by Mr. Ernesto Samper Pizano,
President of the Republic of Colombia.

CENTRAL ISSUES

ERRADICATION OF CHILD LABOUR

CHILD LABOUR - THE SITUATION IN THE SUBREGION
-Mr. Eliseo Cuadrao,
ILO Deputy Regional Director for Latin America

COMMISSION WORK -Presentation by Mr. Carlos Bula,
Minister of Labor and Social Security of Colombia.

-Participation by Mrs. Dora Boyd de P&ez Balladares, First Lady of
the Republic of Panami

-Participation by Speech given by Mrs. Guerda Benoit, First Lady
of Haiti.

Discussion by the Commission on Eradication of Child Labour.

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN OUR REGION

-Mr. Rodrigo Quintana Melendez,
Director of the Interamerican Institute for Children

COMMISSION WORK
-Presentation by Mrs. Alma Beatriz RenJifo,
Minister of Justice of Colombia.

-Participation by Mrs. Mireya Regazzolli,
Representative of the Government of Argentina

-Participation by Mrs. Lissy Campos de Fernandez,
First Lady of the Dominican Republic.

-Participation by Mrs. Helena Karlen,
Vice President ECPAT International.

-Discussion by the Commission on Sexual Exploitation of Children.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN LATIN AMERICAN

-Mayra Buvinic,
Women in Development Unit Social Development Division Inter

-American Development Bank.

COMMISSION WORK

-Presentation by Mrs. Maria Teresa Forero de Saade,
Minister of Health of the Republic of Colombia

-Participation by Mrs. Josette Altman de Figueres,
First Lady of the Republic of Costa Rica.

-Participation by Mrs. Lucia Pefla de Alarc6n,
First Lady of Ecuador.

-Participation by Miss Keiko Sofia FujImori,
Representative of the government of Peri.i.

-Discussion by the Commission on Violence in the Family.

CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT:
TOWARDS A CULTURE OF PEACE

BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE ARMED CONFLICT
IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

-Mr. Cecillo Adorna,
UNICEF Representative for Colombia and Venezuela

A CULTURE OF PEACE AND CHILDREN IN VIOLENT SITUATIONS
129 Anaisabel Prera Flores, Special Adviser to the General
Director of UNESCO

COMMISSION WORK

-Presentation by Daniel Garcia-Peixa,
High Commissioner for Peace, Colombia

-Participation by Mrs. Jacquin Strouss de Samper,
First Lady of Colombia.

-Participation by Mrs. Elizabeth de Calder
First Lady of El Salvador.

Discussion by the Commission on Children in Armed Conflict.

CLOSING SESSION

-Report by Mr.Carlos Castillo Cardona, Social Policy Adviser to the
President of Colombia

-Presentation by Mrs. Nancy Birdsall,
Executive Vice-president, Inter-American Development Bank.

-Words by Mrs. Cecilia L6pez Montaflo,
Directress of National Planning of Colombia

-Speech given by Mrs. Jacquin Strouss de Samper,
First Lady of Colombia.

DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN

CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: A PRIORITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

ANNEX
Actions And Prospects
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