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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.02, No.09 (24 FEB 2003)
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Child soldiers and the UN Response
The first landmark in the battle towards eradicating the use of children as combatants from the world came in 2001 when the UN Security Council (led by France) adopted a ground-breaking initiative to ...
Child Trading in Asia
The International Symposium on Trafficking of children that is currently being held in Tokyo heard some of the most shocking testimonies on the reality of child trading in the Asia Pacific region. UNI...
Nepal: Empowering Communities [New Program]
With an aim to overhaul the public schools, the government is planning to transfer the management of the 26,000-plus government-aided schools to the local communities within next few years. The govern...
Pakistan: Focus on ECD [New Project]
Pakistan has received a US0,000 grant from the Asian Development Bank(ADB) to launch a project focussing on Early Childhood Development. The project aims to improve the quality of life and learning...
News Brief
Thailand: Innocent 9-year-old killed in war against drugs [24 February 2003]
A 9-year-old boy was killed by 3 police officials who were posing as drug dealers. The boy's father was arrested by the of...
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