Child protection movement prepared<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Minister of Social Services Endang Kusuma Inten
\nSoeweno announced Friday the government's plan to launch later
\nthis year a national movement to protect children.<\/p>\n
Inten, also chairwoman of the national committee for the
\ncelebration of Indonesian Children's Day, reported yesterday to
\nPresident Soeharto at Merdeka Palace about her ministry's various
\nactivities. One of them includes the move to introduce the
\nchildren's protection movement on July 23 which coincides with
\nchildren's day.<\/p>\n
Inten expressed the government's intention to protect
\nchildren's rights to the fullest extent.<\/p>\n
She also reported the progress of the National Foster Parents
\ndrive. Led by Halimah Bambang Trihatmodjo, the drive has amassed
\nRp 18 billion (US$7.4 million) as of Dec. 31, 1996 to help
\nunderprivileged children continue their education.<\/p>\n
A total of Rp 4.7 billion ($1.9 million) has been distributed,
\nshe said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is among the 188 countries which ratified the United
\nNations Convention on the Rights of the Child. (01)<\/p>",
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