CHILDREN FIRST NOW
The Founding Declaration
November 2, 2004
CHILDREN FIRST
NOW (CFN) BELIEVES THAT:
The society’s treatment of
children is a measure of its humanity and freedom. The
rights of the child take precedence over any national,
racial, economic, political, ideological, and religious
consideration or interest. The rights of the child are
universal. To guarantee the well-being of any child,
regardless of his/her family condition, is the
responsibility of the society.
CFN STRIVES FOR:
The improvement of all the children’s
material and intellectual conditions of
life. The children’s well-being and free development
to be secured.
Any violence, mental or physical, against children to be
stopped.Safety, well-being, and education of all children to
be secured according to the latest world standards.
AS AN
ORGANIZATION, CFN IS:
A non-governmental, not-for-profit, institution based on
voluntary work that acts as an international campaign
defending the rights of the child.
Pressures the governments and institutions concerned with
children’s affairs; organizes social campaigns; enlightens
and mobilizes the public opinion. A watch organization for
children’s conditions on a world scale that attempts to
alert and mobilize the public with regard to those
conditions.
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