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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2017, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In his report on protecting children from bullying (A/71/213), the Secretary-General addressed this question in detail, presenting important findings from an online opinion poll promoted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in cooperation with the Office of the Special Representative. More than 100,000 children and adolescents were surveyed and 9 out of 10 considered that bullying was a problem; two thirds reported that they had been victims and one third of these children had told no one. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 106 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Any online safety initiatives aimed at children, and adolescents in particular, must recognize their crucial role in this process. Children master ICTs with ease but they need to gain skills and confidence, to feel reassured when they explore the borders of the digital universe and when they encounter issues of concern. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 63 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Information and communications technologies have developed at an increasingly rapid rate over the past two decades. They have brought with them enormous benefits and opportunities in terms of education, socialization and entertainment. Children and adolescents master these new technologies with ease and expertise, exploring opportunities for accessing information. Such technologies support decision-making, promote creativity and innovation and enhance social networks. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2013, para. 57 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Violence associated with gang violence, including extortion, physical violence, homicides and disappearances, dramatically hamper childhood and adolescent development. It compromises access to education and health services, recreation and social support, and is associated with lower levels of school enrolment and retention, and higher levels of poverty. In turn, deprivation aggravates the risk of increased levels of domestic violence and children's vulnerability. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2014, para. 76 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | According to significant research conducted in Europe by EU Kids Online, more than 70 per cent of children 9 to 16 years old use the Internet; in some countries this figure rises to more than 90 per cent. In a recent survey conducted with adolescents in nine countries in Latin America, the vast majority recognized the potential of the Internet for enjoying access to cultural activities, supporting their studies and carrying out group work for school through virtual connections; and significantly, more than 80 per cent considered quality access to the Internet as a fundamental human right. As many of them highlighted, "technology is not bad; it depends on the use one makes of it". | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2011, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Twelfth Ibero-American Conference of Ministers Responsible for Children and Adolescents, held in June 2010 in Buenos Aires, provided an important platform to strengthen children's protection from violence. The Conference, in which the Special Representative participated, addressed the role of education in the promotion of children's social inclusion. The Buenos Aires Declaration recommended the development of effective laws and policies to combat violence against children, in line with the recommendations of the United Nations study. Violence against children was also identified as a priority concern for future ministerial meetings. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 90 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Congress was a strategic forum to advance progress in the Americas on follow-up to the recommendations of the study, and to launch the "Report on Corporal Punishment and Human Rights of Children and Adolescents", issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. This important report builds upon the United Nations study and calls on States members of the Organization of American States to place explicit and absolute legal bans on the use of corporal punishment in all settings; adopt preventive, educational and other measures to ensure the eradication of this form of violence; and promote positive and non violent alternatives; and make the Americas a region free of child corporal punishment by 2011. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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SRSG on violence against children: Annual report 2010, para. 61 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Congress was a strategic forum to promote and review progress in the Americas on follow-up to the recommendations of the study, and to launch the report on corporal punishment and human rights of children and adolescents, recently issued by the Office of the Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child of the Inter-American Commission. This important report builds upon the United Nations study and calls on member States of the Organization of American States to place explicit and absolute legal bans on the use of corporal punishment in all settings; adopt preventive, educational, and other measures to ensure the eradication of this form of violence and promote positive and non-violent alternatives; and make the Americas a region free of child corporal punishment by 2011. | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children | SRSG report |
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