Arab Child Day: They are the future and they are mistreated

The Arab league (AL) on Sunday celebrated the Arab Child day. The celebration ceremony was attended by outstanding and innovative children from 17 Arab countries.

Arab League assistant secretary-general for social affairs, Daw Sweidan said the AL's attention to Arab children is in fact an attention to the future of the Arab nation.

He warned against the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, the Golan Heights and South Lebanon on Arab children. The Arab League stated that Arab children in these area are exposed to severe violationd to their human rights whether in malnutrition, water pollution, deteriorated conditions in refugee camps, and employment among children.

Syria's representative Issa Darwish, whose country chairs the Arab League council, stressed the need to settle some basic problems, including illiteracy, which affects 50 percent of Arab men and 70 percent Arab women, and warned against the main threats facing the future of Arab children, especially the inhuman and illegitimate practices made by major powers by means of occupation, siege or threat of war.