COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN THE LAO PEOPLE´S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
(WorldNews Switzerland)

21 September 2018 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic reports of the Lao People`s Democratic Republic on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Minister to the Prime Minister`s Office, Vice-President of the National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Mothers and Children of the Lao People`s Democratic Republic, in the introduction of the report, said that the National Commission for Mothers and Children, set up in 1992, played a key role in the promotion and protection of children`s rights, and took the leading role in the preparation of...