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25,000 Voices to Protect Children
Petition to ratify the UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child

Protection from abduction, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. The right not to be hungry or cold. The right to practice one's own religion. The right to live. Every child deserves these fundamental protections - everywhere and always.

The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international agreement that requires signing countries to protect the basic rights of their most vulnerable citizens - children. Our goal is to gather 25,000 petition signatures to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the U.S. to join the 192 countries that have already ratified the Convention.

Sign the petition below - speak up for children!

November 21, 2009

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Dear Secretary Rice

I am dismayed that the United States has yet to ratify the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the cornerstones of our nation - and it is up to us to stand up for the most vulnerable who cannot speak for themselves. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by 192 countries. Only Somalia, which has no recognized government, and the United States have not ratified the document that aims to protect the basic rights of children - protection from abduction and abuse, exploitation and neglect, the right not to be hungry or cold, the right to practice one's own religion, the right to live. It's time for our country to join the rest of the world and ratify the Convention that offers basic rights and protections to children – everywhere and always. I urge your swift action to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child!
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25,000 Voices to Protect ChildrenPetition to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

25,000 Voices to Protect Children
Petition to ratify the UN Convention on
the Rights of the Child