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Establishing a Mediterranean Dialogue on the Rights of the Child – Rome Med 2020 View Original Opening Remarks and chair Laura Guercio, Universities Network for Promotion the Rights of Children in Armed Conflicts Keynote speeches Marina Sereni, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict Panel Discussion Inger Ashing, CEO, Save the Children International Veronique Aubert, Co-Chair, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) Fausto Pocar, Honorary President, International Institute of Humanitarian Law Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent The respect and promotion of children’s rights is paramount for the sustainable development of all societies. With the promise to leave no child behind, specific attention must especially be devoted to the rights and needs of children in particularly vulnerable co...

  The Universal Mandate by Detlef Palm A new office in Greece. The Convention on the Rights of the Child still not ratified by the USA. Is UNICEF a charity, or human rights organization? What is the role of volunteers, and that of Natcoms, beyond raising funds? Read the latest insights from outside the bubble. If you feel enraged, misunderstood, or want to add your support, please leave your comment below in the Comments section. This will lead to a much faster exchange of thoughts than if you send an email. However, if you do prefer sending by email please do not address your message to the entire network via "allmembers". Instead address Detlef at detlefpalm55@gmail.com and copy the editors inbox at xunicef.news.views@gmail.com More Insights from Outside the Bubble

  Dear colleagues and friends,   I am pleased to invite you to the high-level launch of the  Together to #ENDviolence  Solutions Summit Series which aims to inspire the end violence community and catalyze the political and financial commitments needed to end violence against children at home, at school, online, and within communities.    The launch event will be held on  15 December 2020, 8am-9:30am NY time/ 2pm-3.30pm Geneva time , and you can  register here . I have also attached a formal invitation.   It will be an opportunity to hear from a diverse group of global and national leaders, including senior government ministers, royalty, heads of United Nations agencies and civil society organizations, CEOs from the private sector, and children and young people   themselves.   Through a diverse set of presentations and discussions, multimedia, and the announcement of a “grand challenge,” this event will mark ...

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