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The opening as it read in 2005

Defence for Children International (DCI) is an international NGO based in Geneva, Switzerland, that works with children's rights issues. DCI has set as its goal the work fro children who are subject to slave labor, sale and other violations of human rights.¹ As other major human rights organisations it is a member of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers . DCI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , with UNICEF , with UNESCO and with the Council of Europe .²

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Defence for Children International (DCI) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Rifat Odeh Kassis from the Palestinian Territories. DCI's International Secretariat is located in Geneva , Switzerland . It currently has 48 national sections and associated members and a representation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York . DCI is therefore active on a global, regional, national and local level. On a global level it focuses its efforts on lobbying, child rights advocacy, monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRC by State Parties and acting as a facilitator for the exchange of information and experience of its national sections. The national sections work on various child rights issues, adapting their focus to the specific needs of the children in their respective countries. Their main areas of work are child labour, juvenile justice, child prostitution, children in armed conflict and child rights' education. As are other major human rights organisations, it is a member of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Child Rights Information Network . DCI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , UNICEF , UNESCO and the Council of Europe .

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The opening as it stood in 2015

Defence for Children International ( DCI ) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979) to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Benoit Van Keirsbilck from Belgium . DCI's International Secretariat is located in Geneva , Switzerland . It currently has 48 national sections and associated members and a representation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York . DCI is therefore active on a global, regional, national and local level. On a global level it focuses its efforts on lobbying, child rights advocacy, monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRC by State Parties and acting as a facilitator for the exchange of information and experience of its national sections. The national sections work on various child rights issues, adapting their focus to the specific needs of the children in their respective countries. Their main areas of work are child labour, juvenile justice, child prostitution, children in armed conflict and child rights' education. As are other major human rights organisations, it is a member of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Child Rights Information Network . DCI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , UNICEF , UNESCO and the Council of Europe .

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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Defence for Children International ( DCI ) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up in 1979, during the International Year of the Child , to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Mr Abdul Manaff Kemokai of Sierra Leone . DCI's International Secretariat is located in Geneva , Switzerland . It currently has 38 national sections and associated members and a representation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York . DCI is active on a global, regional, national and local level. On a global level it focuses its efforts on lobbying, child rights advocacy, monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRC by State Parties and acting as a facilitator for the exchange of information and experience of its national sections. The national sections work on various child rights issues, adapting their focus to the specific needs of the children in their respective countries. Their main areas of work are child labour, juvenile justice, child prostitution, children in armed conflict and child rights' education. As are other major human rights organisations, it is a member of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Child Rights Information Network . DCI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , UNICEF , UNESCO and the Council of Europe .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Non-governmental organization for children's rights (1979–present) Defence for Children International ( DCI ) is an independent non-governmental organisation set up in 1979, during the International Year of the Child , to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of the child, as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Khaled Quzmar of Palestine . DCI's International Secretariat is located in Geneva , Switzerland . It currently has 38 national sections and associated members and a representation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York . DCI is active on a global, regional, national and local level. On a global level it focuses its efforts on lobbying, child rights advocacy, monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRC by State Parties and acting as a facilitator for the exchange of information and experience of its national sections. The national sections work on various child rights issues, adapting their focus to the specific needs of the children in their respective countries. Their main areas of work are child labour, juvenile justice, child prostitution, children in armed conflict and child rights' education. As are other major human rights organisations, it is a member of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and Child Rights Information Network . DCI has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council , UNICEF , UNESCO and the Council of Europe . Children, Defence for (2022-11-17). "Defence for Children International elects Khaled Quzmar as new President and adopts new Strategic Framework for 2022-2026" .

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Non-governmental organization for children's rights (1979–present) Defence for Children International ( DCI ) is an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) set up in 1979, during the International Year of the Child , to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international and national action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of children , as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Nigel Cantwell was one of its founders and its current president is Khaled Quzmar of Palestine. "Defence for Children International elects Khaled Quzmar as new President and adopts new Strategic Framework for 2022-2026" . Defence for Children . 2022-11-17 . Defense for Children Palestine .

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