Global Outrage Stirs Community
Miami, Florida- Sept 2005
Global outrage in response to HARRY SMITH'S Aug 9 CNN
coverage
"UNICEF: Million Kids in Prison" has united both
Filipinos and non-Filipinos
throughout the world to address the
issue of Children in Prison.
A petition to Save Philippine
Children in Prison elicited more than
6,000 signatures in less
than 3 weeks, with worldwide initiatives now in
place to push
the Philippine government into action. Proponents of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) are now
pressuring
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who will be
presiding the
UN Security Council Summit in New York on Sept
14-16, to address failure
of the Philippines to abide by UN
Initiatives and UNICEF-sponsored
Convention on the Rights of
the Child (CRC). New York based
Philippine Forum and
community advocates will be joined by other national
leaders in
a public demonstration against the President. CNN coverage
of the
UN Summit, with particular attention to the President's
initiatives to address
the human rights issues, particularly of
Philippine children in prison,
will catch international attention,
and may help force this issue at the
United Nations Security
Council Summit.