Billion children deprived despite rights treaty, UNICEF says - The Boston Globe
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 7:44pm — Mike
Only two countries - the United States and Somalia - have not ratified it. The Clinton administration signed the convention but never submitted it to the Senate for ratification because a number of groups argued that it infringed on the rights of parents and was inconsistent with state and local laws.
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