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Millennium-Goals

28.08.2008 - This year again there will be a world-wide Stand Up event on the International Day of Poverty Eradication, on 17 October. The Stand Up is organised by the UN Millennium Campaign. The activity day under the motto "Stand up and Speak out" will be held across the world from 17 to 19 October. more

Communications Procedure: Committee on the Rights of the Child endorses campaign

13.06.2008 - Kindernothilfe is part of the Working Group for the communications procedure under the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The group organized a side event on 10 June during the 8th session of the Human Rights Council with the outcome that the Committee on the Rights of the Child endorses the campaign. more

Human Rights Council: Call to establish an open-ended Working Group

09.06.2008 - (Duisburg, June 2008) Kindernothilfe has submitted together with six international NGOs a joint written statement to the eight session of the Human Rights Council calling on the Council to establish an open-ended Working Group of States to draft an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child for the creation of a communications procedure under the Convention. more
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Child Soldiers Global Report: International Efforts Still Failing Child Soldiers

30.05.2008 - (Duisburg/ Berlin, May 2008) Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children, according to the 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, presented by the German Section of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers in Berlin. more
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UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children: Kindernothilfe raises concerns

05.05.2008 - Last year Kindernothilfe signed the petition calling for the appointment of the Special Representative on Violence Against Children (SRSG) together with more than 1.000 organisations worldwide. 183 UN Member States endorsed the call, too, by a Resolution of the General Assembly. In a letter directed to the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Kindernothilfe welcomes the progress towards the appointment of the Special Representative and raises some concerns regarding the further process. more
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Relief agencies underscore transparency/ VENRO discusses a Code of Conduct

09.04.2008 - (Berlin, 7.4.08) Today in Berlin, Kindernothilfe and several other German relief agencies have put forward a nine-point plan to ensure greater transparency, quality and control amongst organisations funded by donations. In addition to this measure, VENRO (the Association of German development non-governmental organisations) is assessing the possibility of a Code of Conduct to be drafted in association with the DZI, Germany’s Central Institute for Social Issues. more
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Shadow Report "Child soldiers" published

18.12.2007 - Berlin, December 2007) Kindernothilfe and terre des hommes have published the shadow report in the context of the States Report Procedure pursuant to Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts. more
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