63 Quotes by Carol Bellamy

not calling for a lifting of sanctions as such, because we cannot. That is not our jurisdiction.

I'm now meeting children who are telling me 'I am the first child in my family NOT to be able to get an education.'

If there is a universal language, I would argue it is sport. Close to a universal language is music, but music differs from place to place. Sport on the other hand -- cricket is played the same in Jamaica as it is played in India. Football (soccer) is played the same in Liberia as in the United Kingdom.

In today's world, to be born female is to be born high risk. Every girl grows up under the threat of violence,

The children, even when they're not participating as soldiers, are moved on or forced from their communities. It has enormous psychological as well as physical impact on children.

In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world’s children.

The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works – and its utility can be seen in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after country, in policy, in practice and in law.

You need to get up in the morning and say, ‘Boy, I’m going to – in my own stupid way – save the world today.’

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny – and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.