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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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