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The man in the blue suit takes you to a large meeting place where
you are introduced to the rest of the Champions of Justice and and strangely
enough, some of your classmates!
The Head of the Organisation, known only as CJ, is speaking
to you all about a topic you have never heard of before... the Rights of the
Child.
CJ quotes from Nelson Mandela, a world leader of the
Global Movement for Children and their Rallying Call back
in 2001 (but still relevant today):
"In every child who comes
into the world, the hopes and dreams of the human race are born anew.
Children are the bearers of our common future - a future that is in our
hands as never before. For the world has the knowledge, the resources
and the legal imperatives to give every child the best possible start in
life, in a family environment that offers the love, the care and the
nurturing that children need to grow, to learn - and to develop to the
fullest.
The entire community of nations acknowledged as much when they embraced
the Convention on the Rights of the Child - and vowed, in 1990, to
fulfil the goals of the World Summit for Children. These
obligations must be met, not only by governments, but by all of us. (CJ
emphasises)
Yet in this new Millennium, it is clear that more - much more - must be
done if the world is to protect the rights and meet the needs of all
children.
That is why we, as citizens of every nation and members of families,
communities, and civil society organizations of every kind, hereby
resolve to help mobilize a Global Movement for Children - an unstoppable
crusade to end, at long last, the poverty, ill health, violence and
discrimination that have needlessly blighted and destroyed so many young
lives.
Our determination is rooted in the knowledge that in furthering the best
interests of children, the most effective actions must come from within
the context of our own lives and hearts, and from listening to children
and young people themselves. As members of the human family,
each of us is responsible. All of us are accountable." (CJ ends
with a flurry!)
CJ announces
to the group that your mission is to
- investigate the Rights of the Child
- design
an art work or cartoon about the plight of children,
- create
a puppet play, song, commercial or pantomime about your Rights of the Child, and,
- decide how you can help make a difference, how you can assist the 'Champions
of Justice'! in your part of the world.
CJ also
repeats that we are responsible, we are accountable and tells us to be
mindful of the resolution of UN General Assembly Special Session on Children
in 2002 – A World Fit for Children (2002 - 2012). Click
here for the child friendly version of this document (PDF format - large
file)
  
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