FORUM ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS RUNS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The 3rd Asian Forum on the children’s rights took place August 23-24 in Ulaanbaatar. Co-organized by the National Department for Children, the National Commission for Human Rights, the Permanent Representative Office of the UNICEF and Japan’s Institute for Convention on the Rights of the Child, the forum brought together 160 delegates of Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, India, Cambodia and Indonesia to have them discussed issues of children’s rights. They also exchanged experiences, efforts and achievements in ensuring of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in protecting the children’s rights at Asian and local levels. The National Department for Children (NDC) chairwoman I.Narantuya delivered a report about a realization of the Children’s Rights Convention in Mongolia and on measures being taken by the government. A department head of the NDC B.Javzankhuu gave a “Protection of children’s rights in Mongolia and supporting children’s rights” report. At the end of the forum, the participants approved a declaration with a purpose of fortifying the international cooperation in realizing future measures for children’s rights and the Children’s Rights Convention.