VASKA BOJADZI AND ELENA DIMITRIEVSKA AND HAD A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Vaska Bojadzi and Elena Dimitrievska were selected by the children themselves to be representatives of the Coalition and the Children's alternative report in front of the members of the Committee on the Rights of Children in Geneva. They had a meeting with members of the committee where they had the opportunity to express their opinions, views and recommendations in regards with the children's rights in Macedonia. They were happy and satisfied from the meeting with the members of the Committee and the fact that they were given the opportunity to voice their opinion on the state of their rights in the Republic of Macedonia
Presentation of the Alternative reports for the state of children's rights in Macedonia in front of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on February the 3rd
In the period from the 1st to 4th February 2010, Delegation of the National coalition for the rights of the children represented by Keti Jandrijeska Jovanova - Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Macedonia, Catherine Koneska -- The First Children's Embassy in the world Megjashi, Svetlana Mulkueen - First Children's Embassy in the word Megjashi, Vaska Bojdzi - child representative from the organization Gate from Strumica and Elena Dimitrievska - child representative from the organization Loja from Tetovo, were in Geneva, Switzerland, to present the alternative report for the children's rights in Macedonia to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Children. The alternative report was presented at the 54th pre-session in front of 9 members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Children. The children had a separate meeting with the members of the Committee, where they were able to present their children's report.
During the 4-day stay in Geneva, the representatives of the National Coalition for the Rights of the Child had meetings with several institutions: the European regional office of UNICEF, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the NGO Terre des Hommes and the section of the NBO Group for Juvenile Justice.
