15 June 2009
POPE CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Pope Benedict has stated that there was an "urgent need" for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) "to be implemented to the full." In a message read at the official launch of the International Catholic Child Bureau (BICE) "World Appeal to a New Mobilization for Childhood", in Geneva recently.
The Pope assured the campaign organizers of his prayers and support for the world appeal, which was launched on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The appeal affirms, "Children must be considered fully as human beings, true right-holders, entitled to enjoy human rights in an inalienable way and without discrimination."
Benedict XVI expressed his hope that the initiative would call attention "to this important [convention] and the urgent need to fully implement it."
The Pontiff made a particular message of the need to "respect the inviolable dignity of the rights of the child, of the recognition of the fundamental mission of the family in education, and of the necessity of a stable social environment that can favor the psychological, cultural and moral development of each child."
The Pope assured the campaign organizers of his prayers and support for the world appeal, which was launched on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The appeal affirms, "Children must be considered fully as human beings, true right-holders, entitled to enjoy human rights in an inalienable way and without discrimination."
Benedict XVI expressed his hope that the initiative would call attention "to this important [convention] and the urgent need to fully implement it."
The Pontiff made a particular message of the need to "respect the inviolable dignity of the rights of the child, of the recognition of the fundamental mission of the family in education, and of the necessity of a stable social environment that can favor the psychological, cultural and moral development of each child."
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