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DPRK Delegate Speaks at UN General Assembly Session

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea affirms that it will in the future, too, fulfil its international duty for promotion of children's welfare and building of a world for children as a signatory to the children's rights convention. The DPRK delegate said this in a speech when agenda item 113 "Protection and Promotion of Children's Rights" was discussed at the meeting of the Third Committee of the 58th Session of the UN General Assembly on Oct. 20. It is necessary to establish a policy of giving importance to children and arrange credible institutional mechanisms for its implementation with a view to ensuring the existence, protection and development of children, he said, and went on:
    In this regard, it is important to pay public concern to children's rights, give priority to investment in guarantee of vital rights, public health and education of children and consistently improve the quality and method of education of children in particular.
    It is essential to jointly strive to create an international environment favorable to the existence, protection and development of children. It is necessary for international organizations and donation countries to allot more funds to the existence and protection of children and actively cooperate with member nations in their efforts to implement the children's rights convention.
    He expressed thanks to the UN Children's Fund, the UNESCO, the UN Population Fund and other international organizations for their sincere material and technical aid to the work for protection and promotion of children's rights in the DPRK.