Committee on Rights of Child examines report of Ethiopia

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Ethiopia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In opening remarks to the Committee, Ubah Ahmed, State Minister of the Ethiopian Ministry of Women's Affairs, said the Government of Ethiopia had taken a number of initiatives to improve the situation of children in the country. In order to enhance the implementation of policies, the Government had implemented significant budgetary resources to this field, including health care services. Despite developments, Ethiopia still had a long way to go to promote the situation of the children of the country. Various factors posed challenges, and extra efforts were required to keep the pace of progress. Ethiopia was committed to implementing fully the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and strongly believed that multilateral and bilateral support to improve the lives of children would be provided, and that the recommendations of the Committee would help in the Government's efforts to implement its plans.
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