On the 20 November 2009 the international community will observe the 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
The United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children has been a global effort to paint a detailed picture of the nature, extent and causes of violence against children...
The United Nations estimate the population of street children worldwide at 150 million, but the number grows every day. Some of them live in abandoned buildings; others in cars with their families; some are forced to beg or steal, and beaten...
At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural areas of the world, where 70 percent of the world's hungry live and work.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.
We are pleased to launch our “Pax and Bonum International”. This multi lingual issue aims to be a resource for all non-English speakers and a reminder of the value we give to different cultures.