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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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