UNICEF: State of the World's Children Report 2009 launched

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NEW YORK, USA, 19 November 2009 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu and former child soldier Grace Akallo joined Executive Director Ann M. Veneman today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). To mark the occasion, UNICEF has released a special edition of its flagship publication, The State of the Worlds Children, outlining progress made on childrens rights over the past two decades.

As the most widely ratified human rights document in history, the CRC adopted by the United Nations on 20 November 1989 is a landmark achievement. At a press conference at UNICEF House launching The State of the Worlds Children, Ms. Veneman said one of the Conventions most significant achievements has been its contribution to a reduction in the annual number of deaths of children under the age of five from 12.5 million in 1990 to fewer than 9 million in 2008.

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