2B – English III
1/23/08
“Cause” Persuasive essay: The Rights of a Child
What country are we living in right now? Where are we going everyday as kids ages from 6 to 18? Yes, we are living in the United States of America, the country of freedom. Where there is public education provided and education valued, but what exactly are we getting educated at—the basics? No, it is merely the fundamental surface of things. The media news on TV is a mass communication across countries broadcasting the latest and updated news. We see a man and a woman behind a desk respectively announcing the current events about our society, and we all accept the given information as facts. For an example, examine these news clips:
“Girls who are educated are less likely to get HIV/AIDS, and in this …show more content…
For this problem in the 1989, the UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) was established for world leaders to participate in the international awareness of every child’s rights. It is a major convention that countries signed to abided to. In the world, Somalia and USA are the only countries that had not ratified the convention. Somalia’s current position has no recognized government, so it is unable to ratify as its country is for it’s government is and power to help protect its rights. By signing the Convention, the United States has signaled its intention to ratify - but has yet to do so." It seems that the U.S. has no excuse not to sign, but the UNICEF had further pointed out that ratifying treaties in the US takes a very long time, even decades. Regardless of the U.S.'s issues here, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, many countries failed to enact the convention that they have abided to. Many of their press release reports summarizes some of the common problems children face such