Children Development Should Begin With Poverty Eradication, China Says

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Children Development Should Begin With Poverty Eradication, China Says

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Children Development Should Begin With Poverty Eradication, China Says

China said Thursday that war and poverty are the main threat to the development of children, and the protection and development of children should begin with the efforts to stop conflicts and eradicate poverty across the world.

The statement came as Chinese State Councilor Wu Yi, head of the Chinese delegation to the U.N. Special Session on Children, was speaking to a round table meeting held during the three-day special session, which kicked off here on Wednesday.

"The issue of children is always closely associated with the question of peace and development," Wu said, calling upon the international community to strengthen cooperation in its current efforts to maintain peace and security, and promote sustainable development in the world in a bid to create a favorable external environment for the survival and development of children.

Meanwhile, the Chinese state councilor also called on the developed countries to fully take into account the realities of the developing countries and keep their words in helping the developing nations in finance, debt reduction, trade and development assistance.

Only thus, can children in the developing countries hope to move out of their quagmire at an early date, she said.

With the theme of "Renewal of commitment and future action for children in the next decade," the round table conference was jointly chaired by President Tarja Halonen of Finland and President Vicentre Fox of Mexico.

Participating in the conference were representatives from 68 countries including Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium and Ukraine, U.N. Observer Palestine and officials from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the International Labor Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.

Over the past decade, 2 million children were killed in wars and conflicts and more than 10 million lost their parents or mothers because of HIV/AIDS.

Every year, more than 10 million children die of various kinds of diseases, 100 million are denied access to schooling, 150 million are undernourished and 600 million are struggling for survival in abject poverty, reports said.

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