20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Early day motion 2247, tabled 9 November 2009 by Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 42 members.

That this House welcomes the Government's support for the UN guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions for alternative care for children, and looks forward to their agreement in the UN General Assembly on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20 November 2009; regards the adoption of the UN guidelines as an essential enhancement to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in light of the findings of a new report by the charity EveryChild, that claims there are at least 24 million children in the world who are growing up without parental care, representing about one per cent. of the world's child population, and that due to the global recession their number is rising rapidly; hopes that all governments who have ratified the UNCRC will develop an action plan for the full implementation of the UN guidelines; and calls on the Government to recognise the right of every child to grow up in a loving family environment and to mainstream child protection issues and children left without parental care in its interventions on global proverty reduction, including on social protection systems, HIV and AIDS, education, health and justice, and in responses to environmental degradation, conflict and natural disasters.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Liberal Democrat 13, Conservative 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.