Carol Bellamy Quotes About Children

• A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Powerful, Rights

  "Child abuse and exploitation still a grim reality". Interview with Kanaha Sabapathy, www.radioaustralia.net.au. March 19, 2012.

• ...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Humanity, Interest

• The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Real, Income

• The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come. By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children canmean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.

  Carol Bellamy

  Time, Children, Future

• When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Rights, Silent

• Creating a world that is truly fit for children does not imply simply the absence of war... It means having primary schools nearby that educate children, free of charge... It means building a world fit for children, where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity.

  Carol Bellamy

  Education, Children, War

• I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that might not have seemed as great 10 years ago, such as H.I.V., AIDS and children affected by war.

  Carol Bellamy

  Strong, Children, War

• Corporate partners help UNICEF fund our programmes for children, advocate with us on their behalf, or facilitate our work through logistical, technical, research or supply support.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Support, Research

• The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can be seen in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after country, in policy, in practice and in law.

  Carol Bellamy

  Country, Children, Agreement

• For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, School, Law

• What is needed now are increased efforts to promote youth participation and commitment; more services aimed at youth; more parental involvement; more education and information, using schools and other sites; more protection for girls, orphaned children and young women;and more partnerships with people with HIV and AIDS.

  Carol Bellamy

  Girl, Children, School

• Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Past, Influence

• We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Abuse, Invisible

• New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Organization, Child Labor

• It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Two, Engagement

• Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Uganda, Rights

  IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. May 31, 2004.

• In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Equality, Health Education

• Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Exercise, Rights

• UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.

  Carol Bellamy

  Children, Government, Needs

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