A: We finally get a chance to meet. B: Thank you for meeting me here. A: It's no problem. B: I need to speak with you about your daughter. A: Is there something wrong? B: I enjoy having your daughter in my class. A: I'm glad to hear it. B: She is a g...
A: Hello, it's nice to meet you. B: I'm glad we're meeting today. Thank you. A: You're welcome. B: I would like to talk to you about your daughter. A: Is there a problem? B: No, your daughter is great. A: That's great news. B: Your daughter is a wond...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to focus as much attention on the tragic situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur as it has on the crises in the Mi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 June 2006 Boys show the wounds they sustained while fighting for the LRA at a rehabilitation home in the northern Uganda town of Gulu, 2003 The U.N. special representative for children and armed conflict says Uganda must ta...
By Raymond Thibodeaux Gulu, Uganda 06 March 2006 It's not easy being a child anywhere, especially in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are forced to flee their villages every night to avoid...
IN THE NEWS -May 4, 2002: UN Special Meeting On Children By Caty Weaver (Photo -UNICEF) This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. This Wednesday, the United Nations Genera...