Education brings stability, normalcy and routine into a childs life (Radhika Coomaraswamy)
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, 18 March 2009 - Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict briefed journalists on the General Assembly's thematic and interactive debate on Education in Emergencies. As you know, water, sanitation and food are considered emergency responses, but what we are pushing for is to ensure that education is an integral part of emergency programmatic planning and response, she told correspondents. Education brings stability, normalcy and routine into a childs life, which is absolutely essential, especially when they are displaced, she said. View the entire press conference (Real Media, 24 minutes): http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pressconference/2009/pc090318.rm News Story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30223&Cr=education&Cr1=
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