Jamaican PM calls for redoubled efforts to work for children

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Jamaican PM calls for redoubled efforts to work for children

(Xinhua) 08:41, September 29, 2013

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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 -- Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller on Saturday called on the international community to "redouble our efforts" to work for the well-being of children, saying "we must leave no child behind."

The prime minister made the statement as he was taking the floor at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, which entered its fifth day here Saturday.

"We must redouble our efforts to safeguard their rights and enhance the development of our children," said the prime minister.

"As we forge the agenda for development for the next decade and beyond, we do so in part on behalf of a group which is very close to my heart -- our children," Simpson-Miller said. "The future we want, the future we craft, the future we achieve will be our legacy to our children," she said. "Despite limited resources, Jamaica continues to make every effort to meet its obligations to our children," she said.

"We condemn violence and abuse against our children and reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the rights of children everywhere," she said. "We must leave no child behind. "

The rights of children were given much attention in the UN Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight anti-poverty goals to be reached by 2015.

（Editor：LiangJun、Yao Chun）