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

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

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.

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

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.

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