As this book goes to press, over 44 million women, men and children have pledged to “Say Yes for Children” in a worldwide campaign and have rallied behind ten overarching principles that seek to improve and protect the lives of children. One of these principles relates to environmental protection and has received wide support from the people who made their pledges. The world leaders attending the Special Session on Children will formally adopt these principles together with a series of supporting actions to make a world safe for children. The ten principles are:

• Leave no child out
  
• Put children first
  
• Care for every child
  
• Fight HIV/AIDS
  
• Stop harming and exploiting children
  
• Listen to children
  
• Educate every child
  
• Protect children from war
  
• Protect the earth for children
  
• Fight poverty: invest in children
  

Source: Global Movement for Children (http://www.gmfc.org/en)

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