Ministry of Women and Child Development to Host High Level Meeting on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific :- The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India is hosting the Second High Level Meeting (HLM) on South-South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific from 23rd to 25th October, in New Delhi. The First HLM was held in Beijing, China in 2010. The three-day meeting will be inaugurated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Women and Child Development. The meeting will bring together over 150 high-level delegates from 33 countries in Asia Pacific region, regional organizations and UNICEF. Many of these delegations are being led at the Ministerial level. The meeting will: • Assess the progress and advances on South-South cooperation among countries of the Asia-Pacific region to advance children’s rights (follow up of the Beijing Declaration) • Support governments and other national partners, including private-public players and child-related regional bodies to include the promotion of child rights in their South-South Cooperation activities on the thematic issues, and • Encourage the development of networks for knowledge exchange, peer learning and coordination among South-South actors for cooperation for child rights in Asia and the Pacific. #AICC
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:54:16 +0000
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