4. Rabat Declaration on Child’s Issues in the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (2005)

(Adopted at the First Islamic Ministerial Conference on the Child, 8 November 2005)

We the Ministers in charge of child affairs in the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and the Heads of Arab, Islamic and International Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations taking part in the First Islamic Ministerial Conference on the Child, held in Rabat, in the Kingdom of Morocco, from 7 to 9 November 2005, in cooperation and coordination between the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), UNICEF and the OIC:

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DECLARE our Commitment:

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Education

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17. Reaffirm the need to create a child-friendly environment, in which they feel safe, are protected from abuse, violence and discrimination, and are healthy and encouraged to learn; as well as the need to ensure that education programmes and materials reflect fully the promotion and protection of human rights and the values of peace, tolerance, dialogue and gender equality, under the provisions of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010;

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