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PODGORICA, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of UN CRC, UNICEF Regional Director for CEE/CIS Steven Allen, together with the Minister of Education Sreten Skuletic and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Suad Numanovic, gave to blind and visually impaired children in Podgorica copies of the Convention printed in the Braille alphabet for the first time in Montenegro.
Article 17 of UN CRC stresses the right of children to information, access to which is a prerequisite for effective participation. However, children with disabilities are often precluded from such access. That is why Montenegro chose to celebrate the 20th anniversary by printing the child friendly version of UN CRC in Braille alphabet. As a result, 200 years after the birth of Louis Braille and on the 20th anniversary of UN CRC, Montenegros children with sight problems now have easily accessible information on their rights.
The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1989. 20 years later, 193 countries, including Montenegro, have ratified it, which makes it the most ratified human rights treaty in the history of humanity.

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PODGORICA, Montenegro, 06 January 2010 On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF Regional Director for CEE/CIS Steven Allen, together with the Minister of Education Sreten Skuletic and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Suad Numanovic, gave blind and visually impaired children in Podgorica copies of the Convention printed in the Braille alphabet.

I am delighted to be here today and to give you the first copies of the Convention in the Braille alphabet. I hope it will stimulate you and create an environment where you can fully enjoy your rights and significantly contribute to Montenegros development, said Mr. Allen, while greeting children in the Institute for Education and Professional Rehabilitation of Children with Disabilities.

This is one of the best days of my life, said Nikola Zekic, one of the students, after receiving his copy.

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