Since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 25 years ago, we should ask ourselves: is the world a safer place for children? Are children more empowered than they were in 1989? Do they enjoy better health and well-being? There are reasons for concern. Children caught up in armed c…
Ms. Navi Pillay, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, was very much looking forward to this special meeting of the General Assembly, and had, of course, intended to be here with us today. However, she had to be with Mandela one last time. In 1988, Mandela himself was awarded the same Human Rights…
