My Speech for the UN

By:Samantha

Dear Delegates of the UN,

My name is Samantha. I come from Canada where, right now, there is no war and where there is peace. Even so, it is still not totally safe for kids or for anyone.

This month I have been learning about Children's Rights. I have learned over this month that children have the right to a house, loving family, food, water and a whole lot more. If children have the right to all these things, why are children walking around with no loving family, no food, no home, no clean water and lots of other things that they have the right to have? I come to you here today to talk to you about which Children’s Right have been met, which have not and how we can make imporvements.

Over the years, I have heard about how many kids around the world die from starvation, thirst, disease and people who just don’t care. I have seen kids walking on the road homeless, foodless, clean waterless, with nobody to care for them. I don’t think that the world has done very well concerning how they have addressed Children’s Rights in some places.

In Canada, I think you have done well in some places. You have done well by providing shelter for homeless kids and orphanages for kids with no family but for you have not addressed parents or families who don’t care about their kids and sexually or physically abuse their children.  I think  something needs to be done about this. Lots of kids, when they are abused, are to scared to tell someone about it or they don’t have someone to tell. To help this problem, I think that you should have more people that kids can talk to and that kids can trust. The kids also have to know that the person will do something about their problem. You also have to some how tell all kids that they have someone to go to if they have a problem with their parents.

In Africa, I think you have not done well at all with imporving Children’s Rights. Kids are being killed and enslaved because they are black. I think something needs to be done about this now. Blacks and whites should have the same level of respect. People should not be judged by what they look like. Every child has the right to live and I think someone has to do something about how the children in Africa are being treated. I don’t think that they should have to do something to protect themself all by themself. I think that you or the government should help them in their fight for freedom.

I think the government has done very well with respecting the responsibility of parents. They know when the parents aren’t doing their job. The government has done well with respecting the different religions.

I have told you what I know is happening and how you can change some of it. What rights you have met and what you have not. I came here today to talk to you about children’s rights and how you can improve them. I know I have not talked to you about every thing that is happening in the world and how you can improve it, but I know that you can think of some rights that have not been met. Some rights like,the right to a safe place and much more. I hope I told you about some things that need to be done and I hope you will take action in fighting for Children’s Rights.