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 Subject: [EQ] UNICEF Report: Poverty and exclusion among     
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    Poverty and exclusion among urban children


MILLIONS OF URBAN CHILDREN LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY AND LIFE-THREATENING
ENVIRONMENTS,
SAYS UNICEF REPORT

Available online as PDF file [34p.] at:
<http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/digest10e.pdf>
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/digest10e.pdf

Florence, 7 February 2003 - ".... Asserting that tens of millions of urban
children around the world are living in poverty and life-threatening
environments, UNICEF said  that municipal authorities need to place the best
interest of the child at the forefront of their decision-making.

At the launch of the report, "Poverty and Exclusion among Urban Children",
released on  February 7, 2003 by UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre (IRC),
UNICEF Deputy Director Kul Gautam stated "The tens of millions of urban
children who are denied basic social services - such as education and health
care-are living proof that the world has systematically failed to protect
them. These children deserve to live in a protective environment - one that
safeguards them from abuse and exploitation. This was the commitment
reaffirmed by Heads of State and Government in 2002, at the Special Session
on Children and we need to take it seriously and translate it into action".

The report's release coincides with a conference in Florence on the subject
of the rights of urban children. It is being attended by the Mayor of
Florence, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the
right to education, Italian government officials, local authorities, urban
planners, and young citizens...."

* The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre is also the home of the
"International Secretariat of the Child Friendly Cities" (CFC) project.
Details of this innovative programme, which guides and collects information
on thousands of CFC initiatives from cities around the world, can be found
on the CFC website:  <http://www.childfriendlycities.org>
www.childfriendlycities.org

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