The COM family solidarity pole had a stage installed on the Marigot seafront. Yesterday, several schoolchildren followed one another to sing and present works of plastic arts. The associations SOS Children of the North Islands and Cobraced also participated in this day, as well as the Secretary General of UNESCO of the Dutch side.
Tuesday, November 20, is International Children's Rights Day. Created in 1954, this day which aims to promote respect and the rights of the child, is still celebrated on November 20 to mark the date of adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. child [A / RES / 1386 (XIV)] in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed in 1989. “This Convention, which is the most ratified international treaty on human rights human rights, defines a list of children's rights including the right to life, health, education and the right to play, as well as the right to a family life, to be protected from violence and discrimination, and to make your voice heard, ”describes Unicef.
"In Saint-Martin we have been celebrating this day for several years with our partners in national education, extracurricular, and the media library (before Irma)" explains Jeanine Arnell, representative of the territorial observatory for the protection of the 'childhood. The organization of this day alternates between the French and Dutch side and this year it was in Saint-Martin to stick to it. "The demonstration will take place over the whole week," she adds.
A show titled “Don't cut my branches but let me blossom / Ne pas coupe mon branches mais lets moi fleurir”, produced by the BCD in collaboration with the after-school service, was presented on the seafront at the end of the day to close the official children's rights ceremony.
The week will continue on Friday with a big sports day, then Saturday in the Lazy Bay car park in Marigot where trampolines and games will be made available to children.
On November 27, children from all over the island, as well as those from Anguilla, will take part in a collective debate around article 31 of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
Finally, the Territorial Youth Council will extend the event to ten months, each month focusing on one of the rights of the child.
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