New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

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

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

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.

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.

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