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    Global media campaign launched to mark Universal Children's Day
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    These reports, including hard news, features, commentaries and backgrounders, will all bear "Universal Children's Day" in the headline and will be categorized into special columns such as "rights and interests", "on being strong", "education" and "environmental protection". "The global media campaign for children and the 24 hour live coverage for Universal Children's Day is an initiative jointly promoted by Xinhua News Agency and UNICEF, with strong support from media organizations around the world. It will raise awareness of children's situation throughout the world ... and to promote the protection of child rights by governments as well as the general public, with special emphasis on the media sector's social responsibility toward children." The program and the 24-hour live coverage are a concrete result of the World Media Summit held in Beijing in early October. Full Article at People's Daily Online
    The global media campaign for children and the 24 hour live coverage for Universal Children's Day is an initiative jointly promoted by Xinhua News Agency and UNICEF, with strong support from media organizations around the world. It will raise awareness of children's situation throughout the world ... and to promote the protection of child rights by governments as well as the general public, with special emphasis on the media sector's social responsibility toward children.
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 4 weeks ago
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Global media campaign launched to mark Universal Children's Day
  1. I would like to express my appreciation to Xinhua News Agency for mobilizing its vast network of media and news-gathering resources for the cause of the world's children
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 4 weeks ago
  2. As happy as this anniversary is, there is still a vast gap between what has been agreed to and what actually happens to children everywhere. That is why I am so pleased to get the message of child rights out loudly by forces with one of the largest media organizations in the world
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 4 weeks ago
  3. They are beautiful, smart, and they are my intimate friends
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 4 weeks ago
  4. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the few global commitments that link together virtually every country on the planet in common action
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 4 weeks ago

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