Wednesday 15 October 2014

25 Years of Rights for Children

25 Years of Rights for Children

2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Earlier this year Miss Lee's brother Michael (the pilot) came into our class to explain to us why planes stay up in the air.  Well Michael is currently working at the United Nations in Geneva with the Marist Brothers who have a seat with the Rights of the Child.  

Image from: http://www.myswitzerlandtravel.com/geneva-united-nations-building-photo-1.jpg 

He has put together this video to explain to our class what the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is all about.  


What did you learn from the video?  What questions do you have for Michael?  Why do you think the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is important?  Comment below with your answers to these questions.  We will see if Michael can answer some of our questions.  

21 comments:

  1. Hello Michael, hope you have been having a fabulous time in Geneva. I really liked your video because you really explained that every child deserve to have rights.

    How come you have gone over to Geneva to help the UN?

    I think that the UN convention is important because all children deserve a rights and we should't be sripped of those rights!

    Kind Regards From Matthew.D CTK

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  2. Hi Michael thank you for making this video,
    I learnt a lot about the rights of a child including that they need to o to school for education . Why did you go over there instead of staying over here? I think that this is important because everyone deserves to have rights and children need to grow up.
    from Matthew.K

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  3. Hi Michael thanks for making this video.
    I learnt that even if you're different you still have the same rights as all the other kids. What made you join the FMSI?
    I think this is important because children should all be treated the same.
    From Jamie

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  4. Hello Michael, thank you for making the video

    I learnt a lot from this video like the parents should also know about the children's rights and should help us too.

    My question for you is
    How many children's right are there, can you tell all of them please and when did the children's rights started?

    I think the UN conventions on the children's right is important because without them people would have been treating kids like slaves.

    From, Viv

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  5. Hello, Micheal thank you for the great video you sent us! I learnt that The Convention on of Rights of the Child help kids to have a better future. I think the rights of the child is very important for kids all around the world because then most of the kids in the world would not survive. Now here are my questions for you, "Do you enjoy helping children have a better future?".

    From Paul

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  6. Hi Michael,
    From the video I learnt that 195 countries work together to make a world a better place. Why does the government disagree on children's rights? I think that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is important because it makes children happy to know that they have rights.
    from Natalie

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  7. Hey Michael
    Great job on the video, thanks for making it!

    I learnt that every child has a right to be happy, healthy and safe. No child should be treated unfairly.

    Rights are important because without them we would have a unhappy, unsafe and unhealthy life and world.

    My question for today is that do you like serving the UN if so why?

    kind regards
    Georgia

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  8. Good morning/evening Michael thank you for creating the video for us i really enjoyed it. I learnt that you don't judge people on their looks or whether they are smart or not. rights are important because kids deserve a happy childhood. Do you enjoy working in Geneva is it hard work? Kind regards Sinead

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  9. Hi Michael,
    Thank you for the video, it was really helpful!

    I learnt that the 'The Rights of the Child' helps us grow into a good and healthy person. It even helps us make a better place.

    I think that the rights are important because it helps into us be a better person.

    What are all the rights of the child?

    Kind Regards,
    James P

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  10. Good afternoon Michael,
    I learnt a lot about the right of the child including how to keep the country clean

    Why did you decide to go?
    From Thalia

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  11. Hi michael great job on your video, I learnt that the united nations is helping the kids know that everybody has rights. The questions I have for you are How long have you been in the United Nations. I believe that the United Nations Conventions of the rights of a child is important because kids need to be happy and not think that there the odd one out because of something different to everyone else.

    From stephanie

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  12. Hi Michael
    I learnt that adults should know what the child's rights are.

    Children rights are important because children could be sick.

    What would happen if children didn't have rights.

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  13. Hi Michael
    learn lots from you video like how all kids have rights around the world and there are 194 countries around the world trying to make a better world.

    I think right are important because we would be feeling like slaves.

    How did you come up with your question on your video?

    From:Emily.N

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  14. Hi Michael, great video!
    I leant that every child has rights no matter what you look like.

    I think this is important because kids need to be free in doing what they love doing without being judged on how they look or how they are different

    What made you join the UN?

    From Alessia

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  15. Good morning/evening Michael, thanks for making that video for us about child rights! I learnt that all children no matter what country they come from, their skin colour or their nationality, have the same rights.
    I would like to know, Are there a lot of people trying to stand up for child rights at the United Nations?
    I personally believe that child rights is important because all children have the right to have rights, and adults around them should try to help them have those rights.

    From Clara

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  16. Hi Michael
    I leant that you went to Switzerland and work with a lot of countries. What do you do in Switzerland? It is important because it makes our life easier if there is no government.
    From Julie-Anne

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  17. Hi Michael why do two countries have to start a war and why are you there and do you help kids around the world are you in a meting. from kameron

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  18. G'day Michael,
    I thank you for putting together a creative video for year 5 and thank for making us understand the meaning of 25 years of rights for children.
    I learnt that your job is to make the government have rights for children and that children shouldn't be discriminated.
    My questions are that what made you join this group to help children's rights?
    I think that children's rights is important so we can live a proper life.

    Kind Regards
    Abby

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  19. Hi Michael,
    I learnt that child rights need to be kept.
    I think our child rights is very important because if we don't have child rights it will be very boring. My question is who thought of the child rights.
    From Jade

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  20. Hi Michael. My question what made you choose that job?
    What I learnt was that every child is the same no matter what!
    I think the UN is important because it makes the world a better place.

    Thanks for the video and letting us have more time to read. Hope you have a good time in Geneva!!!

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  21. Hi Michael I learned a lot about he rights about a child I learnt that every child should have rights and have clothes for school and food to eat. Rights are important because we will have nothing if we didn't have rights.
    from Thomas question why did you decide to do this job?

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