Child poverty has also risen in many industrialized countries.

One child participant called for poverty reduction efforts to target children.

The Government of Canada has taken a comprehensive policy approach to addressing poverty, with a particular emphasis on child poverty.

The problem of child labour was a corollary of poverty in developing countries.

Recognizing the need to address the root causes contributing to the vulnerability of the child to sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, including poverty and underdevelopment,

Poverty, under development and illiteracy were obvious causes of the prevalence of child labour.

In Indonesia, for example, child survival policies are linked to efforts at poverty alleviation.

No information is available on international cooperation in the effort to eliminate such factors as poverty and underdevelopment leading to children becoming the victims of child trafficking, child prostitution, child pornography or child sex tourism.

The child poverty rate decreased from 17.6 percent in 2000 to 12.9 percent in 2002.

One horrifying fact is very illustrative every three seconds a child dies due to poverty.

The emphasis on equity and poverty aspects is important for improving health, especially child health.

20. Furthermore, the Togolese Government supports the principle of the eradication of poverty, hunger and underdevelopment, since poverty and the absence of economic development constitute one of the root causes of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

As an anti poverty campaign reminded us this year, a child dies somewhere in the world as a result of preventable I repeat preventable poverty every three seconds.

The Government of Nova Scotia has made some important strides in addressing child poverty as part of the National Child Benefit (NCB) (see Introduction to the present report).

Moreover, the fight against poverty, the worst enemy of family and child welfare, must be given priority in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.

Bombings and conflicts, malnutrition, poverty, treatable diseases, child labour and sexual abuse cause them great suffering and death.

He stressed that the fundamental solution to the problem of child labour lay in the elimination of poverty.

Recognizing that progressive elimination of exploitative child labour can be brought about also by tackling poverty, one of the principal factors giving rise to child labour in developing countries,

With its emphasis on the right of the child to life, health and development, the Convention points to a fundamental cause of widespread child abuse, namely poverty and ignorance.

We are close to achieving two more goals the reduction of extreme poverty and under five child mortality rates.

In addition, poverty reduction strategies are increasingly taking into account elements of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

30. The problem of restaveks (child servants) persists and will continue to do so until poverty is eliminated in Haiti.

These goals include achieving a substantial reduction of overall poverty and the eradication of extreme poverty by a date set by each country reductions in infant and child mortality reductions in maternal mortality and child malnutrition improvements in life expectancy and access to basic social services, especially among women.

Since 2000, the overall child poverty rates for Newfoundland and Labrador have decreased both on a before and after tax basis.

The strategy recognized that child labour was inextricably linked with poverty and illiteracy and could not be solved by legislation alone.

The decrease in both the overall and child poverty rates can in part be attributed to the federal National Child Benefit and Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit programs and initiatives that reduce reliance on income support and increase attachment to the labour market.

Focus area 5 will strengthen UNICEF knowledge based contributions to reducing child poverty, including through enhanced advocacy, partnerships and engagement with PRSs, and will thus support child specific dimensions of Goals 1 and 8.

Poverty, infant mortality, unemployment, morbidity, suicide, criminal detention, abuse of women and child prostitution are issues of particular concern to the communities.

The continuing practice of child labour by indigenous children, especially girls, as a response to poverty is a matter of considerable gravity.

397. From 1981 to 1991, infant and child mortality rates in rural areas, particularly in the departments where poverty is concentrated, remained high.

These achievements would contribute to enhancing economic growth and reducing poverty, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health, and reducing the spread of HIV.

However, few of the poverty reduction strategies give significant focus to child protection issues, and many place only limited emphasis on early childhood development.

UNICEF will therefore focus on evidence based socio economic policy advocacy, strengthening partnerships, particularly within the United Nations family, and demonstrating strategies that address child poverty, ensure child protection, tackle exclusion and accelerate political mobilization against HIV AIDS.

Similarly, despite the economic achievements of the Hong Kong SAR, the Committee remains concerned at the existence of child poverty among vulnerable populations such as the unemployed, immigrants and single parent families and at the lack of an established poverty line, which hinders the formulation of appropriate policies to combat poverty.

UFER actively follows the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and all matters related to efforts to combat racism and poverty.

Important elements of Goal 1 (Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger) will be addressed through specific organizational targets, such as those addressing child and maternal malnutrition.

41. It was too soon for many developing countries to consider measures to prohibit child labour since it was linked to poverty in the family.

The next programme would focus on child poverty, the allocation of resources for children, and migration and children implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and special protection concerns, among them trafficking, violence and armed conflict.

Child labour, child kidnapping, child trafficking

Indian poverty reduction has been significant, but not substantial. However, in terms of non income indicators of poverty for example, child mortality, malnutrition, and school dropouts India s performance has been dismal (in some respects worse even than in sub Saharan Africa).

The impression of a generation on permanent holiday is deceptive in another respect. Much public debate is devoted to child poverty and how to relieve it.

Reducing road traffic accidents is important for poverty eradication, the reduction of child mortality and sustainable development and should receive great attention from the international community.

Poverty rates had fallen from over 70 per cent in 1971 to less than 42 per cent in 2004, and child mortality had been substantially reduced.

However, investing in basic education is clearly a major preventive measure against HIV AIDS and child labour and is central to winning the fight against poverty.

Attention to child poverty and implementation of the international agreement for A World Fit for Children , adopted during the UN Special Session on Children (May 2002)