Tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

10.11.1999

ORAL QUESTION O‑0063/99
pursuant to Rule 42 of the Rules of Procedure
by Mary Banotti, Lissy Gröner, Astrid Thors, Pat Gallagher, Alejo Vidal‑Quadras Roca, Avril Doyle, Marie‑Thérèse Hermange, Ria Oomen‑Ruijten, Phillip Whitehead, Albert Maat, Gary Titley, Jacques Poos, Glenys Kinnock, Martine Roure, John Cushnahan, Nuala Ahern, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Guido Podestà, Marielle de Sarnez, Patricia McKenna, Hanja Maij‑Weggen, José Gil‑Robles Gil‑Delgado, Concepció Ferrer, Maria Martens, John McCartin, Philippe Morillon, Godelieve Quisthoudt‑Rowohl, Doris Pack, John Bowis, Jacques Santer, Marialiese Flemming, Ursula Stenzel, Stephen Hughes, Barbara O'Toole, Richard Corbett, Eryl McNally, Ulpu Iivari, Ruth Hieronymi, Margot Keßler, Christa Randzio‑Plath, Fiorella Ghilardotti, Pasqualina Napoletano, Ralf Walter, Rosemarie Müller, Evelyne Gebhardt and Heinz Kindermann
to the Commission

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified and implemented by all EU Member States and CEECs.

 

What plans does the European Commission have to assign a higher political priority to children and to establish a children’s unit to provide overall leadership on children’s issues across the Community, and will the European Community publish a Communication on Children to mark the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child?

 

 

Tabled: 10.11.1999

Forwarded: 12.11.1999

Deadline for reply: 19.11.1999