Countries worldwide must put children first: Satyarthi

October 07, 2015 16:44

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi today said he will write to the heads of government of all 193 United Nations member countries asking them to ensure adequate financial and human resources for the effective implementation of child-friendly sustainable development goals.

"The world has again acknowledged and reaffirmed that sustainable development is not possible without seriously addressing the issues of children.

"We are going to write to government leaders of all 193 member countries of the UN to act vis-a-vis prioritising the child-friendly SDGs to ensure adequate financial and human resources for their effective implementation.

"We will also reach out to each state in India to implement child-friendly initiatives," said Satyarthi, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.

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