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Work in pairs. The following articles are included in the Convention
on the Rights of the Child. Read and say if you agree or disagree with
them. Why?
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• All children must get a name when they are born and become a citizen
of any country.
• All children should have the rights whatever their race, gender, religion,
language, disability, opinion or family background.
• Children should have a chance to live in a safe and unpolluted
environment with good food and clean drinking water.
• Children with disabilities must be helped to be as independent as
possible.
• Children should have the best chance to develop their abilities.
• Every child can go to school. Different kinds of secondary schools
should be available for children.
• School should help children to develop their skills, teach them about
their own and people’s rights and prepare them for adult life.
• The Government should protect children from harm, cruelty, abuse
and dangerous drugs.
• Every child should have a chance to rest and play.
• Children can have speech rights. They can say what they think. What
they say must be carefully listened to.