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Strengthening Europe's Role in Advancing Children's Rights

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of children. As of November 2009, 194 countries have ratified it including all the members of the UN except Somalia and the United States.

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On Tragedy: A Note from Nonprofit Hub

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We’ll do our best to avoid the choppy waters of hyper-sensitive hot button politics, but we wanted to make a statement about the tragedies that have been consistently plaguing our nation and the world. Most recently, the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, where a man opened fire on thousands of innocent concert goers, angered and confused us.

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Come On, U.S., Give the Kids Their Rights

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Only two United Nations member states have not ratified it: Somalia and the United States. have long argued that it could open the door to outside interference from government and U.N. Did you just say, "What?" Yeah, me too. I'm not entirely sure why the U.S. hasn't ratified the Convention. It seems like a no-brainer.

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On Tragedy: A Note from Nonprofit Hub

NonProfit Hub

We’ll do our best to avoid the choppy waters of hyper-sensitive hot button politics, but we wanted to make a statement about the tragedies that have been consistently plaguing our nation and the world. Most recently, the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, where a man opened fire on thousands of innocent concert goers, angered and confused us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This post (one of a series) will concentrate on the big picture issues of demining operations at a national level. And, this foreign aid is often channeled through national governments. I recently read an excellent book called "The Road to Hell" on the impact of aid, mainly food aid, on destabilizing Somalia.

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