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In a replica of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations today at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs SRE the First Council on the Human Rights of Children was held with children delegates from member countries and observers of the Human Rights Councils civil society organizations and international organizations.The First Council on the Human Rights of Children is an initiative of the Directorate-General for Human Rights and Democracy of the Undersecretariat for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the SRE with the support of the Executive Secretariat SE of the National System for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents SIPINNA. The Council is being held in the framework of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 34th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.This First Council is a space for children around the world to discuss the great challenges facing the human rights of children as they are one of the most vulnerable groups in the face of conflicts and wars the negative effects of climate change and violence.At the inauguration the Director General of Human Rights and Democracy Cristopher Ballinas Valds said that today children are the only group in vulnerable situations that cannot participate with their own voice in international and multilateral forums so the First Council on Childrens Human Rights aims to promote the inclusion of the voice of children in international forums so that children can express themselves. their opinions directly.The first president of the Council on Childrens Human Rights Renata S. at the start of the work highlighted the great opportunity that this forum represents for the children of the world to discuss the issues that concern them and urged other countries to reproduce this model soon to give an opportunity to other children under 18 years of age in the world to express their voice.For their part Juan Eduardo Alana and ngel Mexican ambassadors for the rights of children with disabilities for the rights to a healthy environment and information technologies and against violence against children respectively highlighted different elements necessary to guarantee the rights of children such as inclusion care for the environment and the eradication of all types of violence.The First Council on Childrens Human Rights was attended by children and adolescents representing Algeria Argentina Belgium Bolivia Chile China Cte dIvoire Cuba Finland France Germany Honduras Morocco the Netherlands Pakistan Palestine Romania South Africa Switzerland and the United States of America. There were also representatives of international organizations such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO the United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF UN Women the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECLAC and on the part of civil society the Network for the Rights of Children in Mexico Redim.Following the general debate the conclusions were baptized as the Declaration of Mexico City of the First Council on the Human Rights of the Child among which stand out a that the attendance and participation of children in international and intergovernmental forums be guaranteed b that the countries of the world implement effective and comprehensive mechanisms for consultation with children c to guarantee the participation of children in delegations attending international forums and to promote the creation of the Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Children.These recommendations will be forwarded to the UN Human Rights Council pending endorsement by member countries.This initiative is faithful to the tradition of defending and promoting the human rights of groups in vulnerable situations and adds to the efforts and various international instruments promoted by Mexico in this area such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is grateful for the generous support of the delegation of the European Union and the Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
