Rights of the child workshop held

A one-day workshop on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in Liberia was held on Friday in Monrovia, UNICEF’s information officer in Liberia, MacArthur Hill, told IRIN. The workshop was chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs and sponsored by UNICEF. “The workshop gave members of thematic working groups the opportunity to provide technical feedback to the Liberian research team conducting a baseline survey on behalf of the government of Liberia,” he said. The study, he said, focused on child protection, education and development, health and nutrition, water and sanitation. “The government and UNICEF want the final report to be a consultative process,” he said. The survey will be presented at a national conference in November and will determine the framework for a national programme of action for children. In January 2000 the report will be submitted to the CRC global committee in Geneva as Liberia’s first report on the state of implementation of the CRC in the country.