Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC

Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC
Third and Fourth Periodic Report on CRC: The report has been prepared in accordance with the General Guidelines adopted by the Committee on 11 October 1996. All effort has been made to provide the information as per this latest Guideline. The Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Initial Report of Bangladesh on both the Optional Protocols to the CRC have also been taken into consideration in this Report.

As lead agency, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWCA) in association with the line ministries, UNICEF and NGOs
has prepared this Periodic Report during January-August 2007. The line ministries are: Health and Family Welfare; Social
Welfare; Education; Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives; Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary
Affairs; Finance; Planning; Information; Youth and Sports; Labour and Employment; Defence; Cultural Affairs; Chittagong Hill
Tracts Affairs; and the Primary and Mass Education. The report preparation process was documented initially in a concept paper
agreed between all partners. The report was drafted by a core committee and discussed in MOWCA and UNICEF before wider
circulation for review and feedback.