UNB, Dhaka :
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed the decision to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Pakistani children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
“The two laureates have made a huge contribution to campaigning for children’s rights, for the right to an education and to not be exploited and forced into servitude. This also demonstrates that children have a
voice and can produce innovative solutions to the challenges facing them,” said Committee Chair Kirsten Sandberg in a statement on Friday.
Kirsten Sandberg said the decision by the Nobel Committee to recognise their work is particularly significant, coming as it does in the 25th anniversary year of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to a message received here from Geneva.
“The Convention is the mostly widely ratified UN human rights treaty with 194 signatories. We hope the recognition given to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai will help raise the profile of children’s rights and give added impetus to the efforts of all to make the rights of the child enshrined in the Convention a reality for all children,” said Kirsten Sandberg.
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed the decision to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Pakistani children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
“The two laureates have made a huge contribution to campaigning for children’s rights, for the right to an education and to not be exploited and forced into servitude. This also demonstrates that children have a
voice and can produce innovative solutions to the challenges facing them,” said Committee Chair Kirsten Sandberg in a statement on Friday.
Kirsten Sandberg said the decision by the Nobel Committee to recognise their work is particularly significant, coming as it does in the 25th anniversary year of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to a message received here from Geneva.
“The Convention is the mostly widely ratified UN human rights treaty with 194 signatories. We hope the recognition given to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai will help raise the profile of children’s rights and give added impetus to the efforts of all to make the rights of the child enshrined in the Convention a reality for all children,” said Kirsten Sandberg.
