Mary Flaherty
Ceist:30 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action initiated to date and the further action proposed to implement the commitments made at the UNICEF-sponsored World Summit for Children in September 1990.
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30 Miss Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action initiated to date and the further action proposed to implement the commitments made at the UNICEF-sponsored World Summit for Children in September 1990.
The question of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is the subject of separate questions and will be answered separately.
The Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children in the Nineties, and the associated plan of action, were adopted by the World Summit for Children, which was attended by the Taoiseach in New York in September of 1990. The declaration called for action at both national and international levels.
Domestically, the provisions of the declaration are being put into effect by my colleagues the Minister for Health, Education, Social Welfare and Justice, primarily through the Child Care Act.
On the international level, the Government demonstrated their commitment to the aims of the World Summit for Children by significantly increasing our voluntary contribution in 1991 to UNICEF.
My Department are currently implementing a series of child-related development projects under the Bilateral Aid Programme.