➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
International: FEATURE: With more than half of all children in danger, UN envoy highlights how to keep them safe
United Nations News Centre – June 07, 2016
Today, as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Mrs. Santos Pais mobilizes action to end maltreatment of children around the world and implement the recommendations, adopted by the General Assembly in 2006, of the UN’s first comprehensive study on the subject. More than half of all children suffer from physical, sexual and psychological abuse, according to the GA study.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54136#.V1gMa-TigeE