Up to the year 2030 of about 56 million children under five years threaten the world die from preventable causes like malnutrition and lack of health care. The “Saarbrücker Zeitung” reported citing a statement by the Federal government to a request of the Greens on the implementation of the UN Convention on children’s rights. A total of 150 million children are worldwide chronically malnourished and 50 million “acutely malnourished”.
A “challenge” is, according to the government, the fate of children in armed conflict. Children are “particularly vulnerable to the violence and systematic violations of international humanitarian law”, – stated in the opinion. More than two-thirds of all children worldwide experience various forms of violence.
To improve health conditions for mothers and children of Germany paid in the year 2017, according to government figures, a total of 572 million Euro. Recipients were bilateral, and multilateral organizations.
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study of returnees to Afghanistan “Save the Children”: Germany violated children’s rights
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children’s life belonged to the world, finally, better protected and in the centre of Germany’s foreign policy moved, said the human rights expert from the Green party, Kai Gehring. “The Kingdom of heaven is contrary to objectives, screaming all the humanitarian and the rights of the child, not to aggravate the situation of children through German arms exports,” criticized the Green politician. (AFP)
