UN Envoy Kay welcomes Somalia’s adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

20 Jan 2015

UN Envoy Kay welcomes Somalia’s adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

 

Mogadishu –The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed Somalia becoming party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at a ceremony led by the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, at a local School in Mogadishu. Hundreds of schoolchildren witnessed the ceremony. The Convention sets out the measures states need to take to protect and promote the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of all children.