{"id":4922,"date":"2021-11-21T15:34:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kigali-convention-centre-dome-goes-blue-in-honour-of-children"},"modified":"2021-11-21T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:06:26","slug":"kigali-convention-centre-dome-goes-blue-in-honour-of-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/kigali-convention-centre-dome-goes-blue-in-honour-of-children","title":{"rendered":"Kigali Convention Centre dome goes blue in honour of children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The iconic dome at the Kigali Convention Centre lit up in cyan blue Saturday evening in solidarity with children globally on the occasion of the World Children\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

The dome, which usually glows in the Rwandan flag colours of blue, yellow and green, went blue at 6p.m as the country joined the rest of the world to mark the annual occasion.<\/p>\n

The World Children’s Day, which serves to highlight the rights of children globally, is marked annually on November 20. This year\u2019s theme is, “I am the Future.”<\/p>\n

In Rwanda, as has been tradition in recent years, the day saw hundreds of children from around the country descend on Kigali for the annual National Children\u2019s Summit.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s summit, the 15th edition, was held at the Parliamentary Buildings in Kimihurura, with a view to help raise awareness about children’s rights, and share best practices and ideas about policy interventions.<\/p>\n

The event aligns with the purpose of the United Nations’ Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of which were first approved in 1989.<\/p>\n

Rwanda joined the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Like last year, the world again marks the day amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had far-reaching consequences on the health, education and wellbeing of children globally.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The New Times on the eve of the World Children\u2019s Day, Julianna Lindsey, the UNICEF Rwanda Representative, called for collective effort to invest in the future of children.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this year\u2019s theme reminds us, we need to continue investing in children so that we will have an empowered next generation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren have gone through some really tough times since the onset of the pandemic over two years ago, and celebrating such important milestones is important to let our children know that we stand firmly with them, and for them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She pledged the UN agency\u2019s continued support to children. \u201cI reiterate UNICEF\u2019s full commitment towards achieving this. Children are the future; let\u2019s support them, leaving no one behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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