Yemen to partake in 52nd session of Committee on Rights of Child in =

SANA'A, Sep.29 (Saba) - Yemen is to participate on Wednesday in =
the 52nd Session of Committee on
the Rights of the Child in Geneva.
The session is devoted to discuss the Optional Protocol to the =
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the sale of children, =
child prostitution and child pornography.

Yemen's participating delegation led by Secretary General of the Higher =
Council for Motherhood and Childhood Nafisa al-Jaifi would discuss in =
the session the national report
on the session's topic, Information Department Manager in the council =
Afrah Hammad made it clear to Saba.
The national report would include the taken measures to implement the =
protocol's items, Hammad said.
Hammad added that the report deals with the efforts exerted by Yemen in =
coordination with Saudi Arabia to combat trafficking children as well as =
carrying several awareness
campaigns via media in this respect.
It is worthy to mention that Yemen acceded to the Optional Protocol to =
the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child =
prostitution and child pornography
by Act No. 20 of 24 August 2004. Its first report was submitted in =
January 2008.
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