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Saudi Arabia: a nation that does not protect its children is a nation without a future Dr.Al-Wasil confirms that the Kingdom pays utmost attention to persons with disabilities
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has presented before the United Nations Human Rights Council its achievements in the protection of children's rights at the Council annual meeting on the child held here yesterday evening. In a speech delivered by Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasil, he said that the nation that does not protect its children is a nation without a future, because children are the youth of future , so the Kingdom has given this issue a great importance and enacted laws and regulations concerning with child's rights and protection in all aspects. He further noted that the child in societies represents the promised human energy in the future, and emanating from this point of view, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has approved United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child in 1996, the Labor Organization Convention concerning the Minimum Age for Employment, and the covenant of children's rights in Islam issued by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in 2005 regarding the protection of children from domestic violence. Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasil Dr.Al-Wasil added that the Kingdom has also approved the Optional Protocol to Convention on the Rights of the Child 2015, which aims to protect the child from all forms of abuses, negligence and raising awareness among members of the society for his right in the life and the risks of any acts that may harm the child's safety or physical health In this regard, a communication center was established in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to receive complaints against harming women and children and impose penalties and fines on those who cause harm against the child physically or psychologically. the Kingdom pays utmost attention and care for persons with disabilities Dr.Al-Wasil has also confirmed that the Kingdom pays utmost attention and care for persons with disabilities emanating from the principles and provisions of the Islamic Sharia necessitating the protection of their rights and banning their violation, noting that this care has been demonstrated in taking many legislative and non-legislative measures to promote and protect their rights. He pointed out that the laws of the Kingdom ban any unjust discrimination being practiced against persons with disabilities, and that the regulation on care for persons with disabilities in the Kingdom ensures the state's guaranteeing of their rights in services of care and rehabilitation and encouraging institutions and individuals to contribute to charitable works in the field of disability in consistent with relevant international standards.