Young people deliver your messages to David Cameron. © Clare Struthers / Right Year For Children
Last Friday David Cameron received a special delivery at 10 Downing Street: thousands of messages from you - children and young people from across the UK - written on paper and cardboard footprints.
These messages marked the start of the Right Year for Children, a year of making a special effort to make more people in the UK aware of children's rights.
Rhea, aged 15, was one of the young people that delivered the messages to the Prime Minister. She said: "It was quite exciting to be at Number 10. I felt proud to be representing the views of thousands of children across the UK. I hope the Government actually makes some changes for children after reading all our messages."
Hambel, aged 12, who was also at the hand-in, added: "I really enjoyed going to Number 10 today. Children have rights and we should be listened to. I hope that these messages give more importance to children's rights."
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The messages were delivered in person to 10 Downing Street by 20 children to mark the 20th anniversary of the UK agreeing to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The convention describes all the rights that children must have - including the right to education, the right to grow up healthy and the right to be taken seriously. It also sets out the responsibilities of governments to support and respect these rights.
The Right Year for Children was set up by a group of charities who want to teach more people across the UK about children's rights. Although the UK has agreed to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, there’s still more that our government could do for children's rights. For example, many other countries have made the convention part of their own laws – this is a big step we could take to help make sure all children in the UK have the rights that they need.
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