Posted By:  christopherbaan Posted On:  May 30, 2008	‘Ban’ on the Cluster Bomb, Debates Loopholes
DUBLIN (Reuters) - More than 100 nations formally agreed on Friday to ban the use of cluster bombs but debate continued on loopholes that could benefit powers such as the United States, which has refused to take part in talks on a ban. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged states...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 15, 2008	Bahamas: Politics, Divisions, and Pastors
Politics not closed to pastors: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Is it right for Bishop Neil Ellis to have acted as the spiritual advisor for the Progressive Liberal Party, while Bishop Simeon Hall carried the same role for the Free National Movement? Do...... [view]

Posted By:  qnp Posted On:  Mar 10, 2008	Going Carbon Free Today
Recently scientists have announced that the world must go carbon zero by the mid-century to avoid the dangerous effects of global warming. After years and years of environmentalists fighting to get their voices heard the world is now finally conscious of this frightening phenomenon. But how...... [view]

Posted By:  pallavee Posted On:  Aug 21, 2007	Onam Special
Dear Anu, Do send me the other story as well. :) Else, nothing much...will go to work tomorrow after a week. You celebrating Onam? Take care... Love, Pallavi * * * * Anupama Mohan to me show details 04:08 (6 hours ago) i hope so! Onam is on the 27th and last time we had the most...... [view]

Posted By:  Steve04 Posted On:  Apr 18, 2007	SECURITY COUNCIL DECISION MAKING: for them or us?
BY: EDETANLEN STEPHEN (ESQ.) With the establishment of the United Nations in the last century, the world had hoped to have an organized global forum and pseudo-executive system within which the nations of the world would find some common grounds, creating a sort of fellowship and sense of...... [view]

UPEACE/US
Submitted By:   nmartin Website:  http://www.upeaceus.org Phone:  202-683-4081 E-mail:  info@upeaceus.org	Vision:   The persistence of war… rapid climate change… genocide and human trafficking… gender inequality… human rights abuses… the proliferation of nuclear weapons… …and other on-going and emerging threats to......   [view]

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Submitted By:   project-made Author Name:  United Nations Published:  2002-11-20

Website:  http://www.unicef.org/knowyourrights/convention_pictures.html   Description:   The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most ratified document in the UN's history. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. Nations that ratify this international convention are bound by it by international law. Compliance is monitored by the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child which is composed of members from countries around the world. Once a year, the Committee submits a report to the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, which also hears a statement from the CRC Chair, and the Assembly adopts a Resolution on the Rights of the Child.[1] Governments of countries that have ratified the Convention are required to report to, and appear before, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child periodically to be examined on their progress with regards to the advancement of the implementation of the Convention and the status of child rights in their country. Their reports and the committee's written views and concerns are available on the committee's website. All member nation states (countries) of the United Nations, except the United States and Somalia,[2] have ratified it. The United Nations General Assembly agreed to adopt the Convention into international law as an advisory resolution on November 20, 1989; it came into force on September 2, 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. The Convention generally defines a child as any person under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law.   [view]