You need to get up in the morning and say, 'Boy, I'm going to - in my own stupid way - save the world today.'

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

By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.

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

Girls' education is the single best investment that any society can make.

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.

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.