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More than seventy countries have incorporated children’s codes into national legislation based on the Convention’s provisions, and awareness and advocacy on child protection issues have increased markedly since the Convention was opened for signature 20 years ago.
Considerable progress has been made through the past twenty years:
The annual number of deaths of children under five years of age has fallen from around 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, representing a 28 per cent decline in the rate of under five mortality.
Between 1990 and 2006, 1.6 billion people world-wide gained access to improved water sources.
Globally, around 84 per cent of primary-school-age children are in class today and the gender gap in primary school enrolment is narrowing.
Children are no longer the missing face of the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
Important steps have been taken to help protect children from serving as soldiers or trafficked into prostitution or domestic servitude.
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