Say Yes for Children

An unprecedented global pledge campaign on behalf of children, led by an impressive array of international personalities including Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan and Bill Gates, begins in London and numerous other locations worldwide.

Called Say Yes for Children, the campaign will reach every part of the globe to rally people behind ten overarching principles that seek to improve and protect the lives of children. They are:

Leave No Child Out
Put Children First
Care for Every Child
Fight HIV/AIDS
Stop Harming and Exploiting Children
Listen to Children
Educate Every Child
Protect Children from War
Protect the Earth for Children
Fight Poverty: Invest in Children

The ten principles of Say Yes build on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most ratified international human rights treaty ever, and 1990's World Summit for Children, where nations committed themselves to specific goals for children and young people. The goal of Say Yes is to build a groundswell of support that will push leaders to live up to these commitments at September's United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children.

More information:
- Press release 26 April 2001 (Unesco)

Related webs:
- Say Yes for Children (Unicef)
- Global Movement for Children
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (Unicef)
- Special Session on Children (Unicef)

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- Child soldiers: Escape from war (4/4/2001)
- Unicef: Child marriages must stop (8/3/2001)
- Global Movement for Children (28/2/2001)
- The State of the World’s Children 2001 (1/1/2001)

Date of publication: 02/05/2001

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