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

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action.

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

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

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.

While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world.