RANGPUR, Apr 29: Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) organised a dialogue on Monday with children on 'Child-friendly City' with the assistance of UNICEF at the Begum Rokeya Auditorium of RDRS Bangladesh in the city.
Representatives from police administration, health department, women affairs, Rangpur City Corporation, city councilors, teachers, students and under-privileged working children participated in the dialogue.
Md Amdad Hossain, superintendent engineer of RCC, delivered the welcome speech while its Chief Executive Officer Aktar Hossain Azad presided over the event.
As special guest, Najibullah Hameem, Chief of UNICEF Rangpur and Rajshahi Division urged all to work for building child-friendly city and collective efforts to improve the lives of children within their jurisdiction by realising their rights as articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
While the primary responsibility for ensuring that children's rights are realised lies with governments, other stakeholders such as civil society organisations, the private sector, academia and the media, as well as children themselves, also have an important role to play in building child-friendly cities, said Najibullah Hameem.
As the chief guest, City Mayor Md Mostafizar Rahman and Chief Executive Officer Akter Hossain Azad promised city corporation support for the children in distress and making a child-friendly Rangpur city gradually.
They expressed their commitment for allocating budget for children programming and liaison center at City Corporation for the children to convey their opinion for child friendly city initiative.
In the event, children said that all children should have a fair opportunity in life regardless of their locality, religion, economic condition, gender or ability.
The speakers also discussed about awareness about online safety, sexual harassment, drug addiction and recommended for installing social and family values along with administrative actions.
Among others, Additional Director of Family Planning Md Mozammel Haque, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime) Md Shahidullah Kawsar, Deputy Director of Women Affairs dept Kawsar Afsana and UNICEF Communication for Development Officer Monjur Ahmed also took part in the dialogue.
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