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UN launches campaign for universal ban on sale, prostitution of children

25 May 2010
The United Nations today launched a major campaign for universal adoption of treaty protocols that outlaw the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, and protect youngsters in armed conflict, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling for full ratification by 2012.
Hundreds of families with young children work and live in these brickyards near Islamabad – often under conditions of bonded labour.

Countries agree on UN-backed roadmap to curb child labour

12 May 2010
With more than 200 million children around the world working at the expense of their future, a new United Nations-backed action plan seeks to ramp up global action to stamp out the scourge by 2016.