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12 Mar 2012

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UNICEF, UN Global Compact, Save the Children

A Call To Business To Respect And Support Children’s Rights

A landmark set of ten principles to ensure that companies respect and support children’s rights has been released. UNICEF, the UN Global Compact and Save the Children…introduced the Children’s Rights and Business Principles…Covering a wide range of key issues – from child labour to marketing and advertising practices to the role of business in aiding children affected by emergencies – the Principles call on businesses everywhere to uphold children’s rights through their policy commitments, due diligence and remediation measures, and to take action to advance children’s rights… “I call on business leaders everywhere to embrace the spirit of the Principles,” said the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in a statement he made today in support of the Principles…

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