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Voices on OAS Migrant Children Declaration

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In the context of the 53rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the Declaration for the Protection and Integration of Migrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents in the Americas was adopted.

The adoption of the declaration was announced during the side event Migrant and Refugee Children in the Americas, which took place in June. The side event was a joint initiative of the Permanent Missions of Chile and Colombia to the OAS, together with the Inter-American Dialogue, and the OAS Social Inclusion Department. 

Below, you may listen to the contributing voices present at the side event and learn more about the declaration's relevance in promoting migrant and refugee children's rights in the Americas.

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Álvaro Botero - Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue

Ariel Fiszbein - Director, Education Program, Inter-American Dialogue

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian- Director, Social Inclusion Department, OAS

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Wendy Young - President, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

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Garry Conille - Regional Director, UNICEF Latin America and the Caribbean

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Tomás Pascual - Director of Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Chile

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