UN committee concerned at numbers of children in hazardous work

The United Nations Commit-tee on the Rights of the Child has expressed concern at reports that there are significant numbers of children involved in hazardous work here and also that sexual exploitation and abuse particularly of girls, remain prevalent and socially tolerated.

Its concluding observations on Guyana’s submissions were issued on February 5th,  2013 following the appearance of Guyana’s delegation on January 15th 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland

Guyana submitted several periodic reports to the Committee which