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Children's parliament launched by government and UNICEF

    BRAZZAVILLE
    A national children's parliament was inaugurated on Friday in the Republic of Congo, with the objective of providing the youth a platform to communicate the concerns of children and women in the country, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Brazzaville told IRIN. The creation of the parliament followed a two-day national forum on Congolese children at the national parliament. Comprising 36 members, the children's parliament will be headed by an executive council of four girls and one boy. UNICEF external relations officer Luce Saint-Pierre told IRIN that the children's parliament would serve as an official body entrusted with promoting children's rights, particularly in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child [www.unicef.org], and with finding solutions to problems that affect children. For her part, the minister of social affairs and solidarity, Emilienne Raoul, recommended that the children's parliament follow the example of similar institutions inaugurated in Burkina Faso and Mali, West Africa.

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