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"Children see beauty in everything."

"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

"Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home."

"You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity."

"He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit."
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"In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world's children."

"I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that might not have seemed as great 10 years ago, such as H.I.V., AIDS and children affected by war."

"The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed or actions undertaken."

"Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted."

"And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights."

"Here once again education is crucial, it enables children to be become more aware of their rights and to exercise them in a respectful manner which helps them shape their own future."

"New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work."

"UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists."

"We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation."
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