The+jordan+position+paper

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Committe : Iternational Labor Organitation. Topic : Child labour Country : Jordan

This is one of the most serios problems, many iternational organitation help to fight against this big problem. The child labour has became worring and it growing. Aproximadity 250 million of children between 5 and 14 work a full time everu day, all the year. They are forced and it's a harsh work for them. Children are paid only a few money or sametimes food. This is very common in poor countries. It is a complicate problem, not only in Jordan , but olso in worldwide.

In Jordan there are about 32,000 workers across the small dessert kingdom. But any way Jordan have one law of minimum working age at 16. Jordan has made a National project for child labour. The 63% of child labour in Jordan work in agriculture, constructions , mechanic , etc... This problem became worrrying ,so Jordan agreed with Masaweh an blamed the authorities for not doing enough. The most child worker aged are between 5 and 17, more of the children left the school. Many of the children work to help their family .All the explotadors said that the children are better to work because they can work a full time every day, all the year and only are paid a few money or sometimes in food, so the children can't protest.

We need to find alternatives for those children and we need to have better education in all levels. Our queen of Jordan said that ¨one more trafficked child is one too many¨.Jordan said that all the world have to said that is enough, because this is one of the worst forms of abuse and that affect millions of children.

@http://www.unausa.org/Document.Doc?id=958