AMMAN — Jordan today joins the world in marking the
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, which falls on
June 4 of every year.
اضافة اعلان
In a statement, the Higher Population Council
called for mandating all countries to ratify and implement the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflicts, in addition to covering children’s short- and
long-term needs following armed conflicts, such as social re-integration, and
psychological and social rehabilitation.
According to the Department of Statistics, there are 4.7
million children in Jordan (below 19 years of age), constituting more than 40
percent of the population. Of those, 30 percent are non-Jordanians, many of
which are refugees from neighboring countries, according to the statement.
In a study conducted by
UNICEF in 2018 on Syrian refugee
children in Jordan, 45 percent of Syrian children under the age of five were
found to be missing adequate healthcare services, such as vaccinations, while
38 percent of children were found to be out of school.
Some 16 percent of children up to the age of five have no
birth certificates, according to the statement, while child labor and violence
constitute the biggest challenge for children between the ages of six and seventeen.
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