Morocco, UNICEF launch 4-million signature petition for children

The Moroccan observatory of children rights (ONDE) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) are expecting to collect four million signatures in a petition circulated to promote children rights.

The operation, chaired by Princess Lalla Meryem who heads the observatory, will be conducted in various institutions, the parliament, administrations, private companies, associations and non-governmental organizations.

The joint UNICEF-ONDE form titled "Say Yes to Children" invites signatories to select three priorities among a set of issues: not to exclude any child, give priority to children, take care of children, fight HIV/AIDS, end children exploitation, listen to children, educate all children, protect children against war, protect land for children, fight poverty and invest in children.

The "say yes for children" operation will be presented before the departure of the Moroccan delegation to the UN general assembly extraordinary session on children next September in New York.