Defence for Children International (DCI)

Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional (DNI)
Défense des enfants International (DEI)

Contact Details

Main address: Exec Dir: Ms Ileana Bello, Intl Secretariat, Rue de Varembé 1, Case Postale 88, CH-1211 20, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: (41 22) 734 05 58, Fax: (41 22) 740 11 45, E-mail: director (at) defenceforchildren.org , E-mail (2): info (at) defenceforchildren.org

URL: http://defenceforchildren.org/

Aims

Work towards a world where children enjoy and exercise their rights in a just and responsible society; ensure on-going practical, systematic and concerted international action directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, its optional protocols and other human rights instruments.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (Special); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Consultative Status); International Labour Organization (ILO)^* (Special List); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)^*; Council of Europe (CE)^* (Participatory Status).

Activities

International Secretariat operates as an international focal point, providing link between DCI's national sections and the UN. Main activities include: lobbying; research and advocacy; technical assistance to national sections.

Publications

Books; manuals.

Members

National sections in 43 countries and territories:

• Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda.

• Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay.

• Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Sri Lanka.

• Australia.

• Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland.

Associated members in 2 countries:

• Mauritius.

• Mexico.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOConsulatative Status

Reclassification date1996

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOMs Shen Xuesong
ED/EO/IFE
81082

History1979 Foundation 1994 Category C 1996 Operational Relations (150 EX/ONG.2) (150 EX/Dec. 7.2) 2003 Renewal of operational relations (166 EX/38) (166 EX/Dec.9.2)

Contribution to UNESCO's programmes Since its admission to the former category C in 1994, this NGO has continued to develop practical co-operative relations with UNESCO. It has regularly sent in high-quality documentation and worked, for example, in the context of the programme on early childhood, with which a contract has been concluded for an activity regarding children in armed conflicts. DCI has extended its presence, notably in Africa and the East European countries.

Keywords Biodiversity,Genocide,Education,Child labour,Rights of the child,Children

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