Weekly Quiz

1. Why has the NGO Advisory Council issued an international call for action?

A: To create a specialist Sub-Committee for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
B: To establish a Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children
C: To gain support for a new Subsidiary Body of the UN General Assembly to address the needs of children

2. How are orphanage owners making money in Liberia?

A: Attracting external funding by using children who are not parentless
B: Selling orphans to overseas families at huge prices
C: Contracting out children to work in factories

3. Which country failed in its bid to join the Human Rights Council following an international campaign against its candidacy?

A: Bulgaria
B: Bosnia
C: Belarus

4. What is seen as a "major problem for young people" by more than 80 percent of 11 to 16-year-olds, according to a survey for a UK children's charity?

A: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
B: Violence
C: A lack of participation

5. Who was elected as the new Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child?

A: Thomas Hammarberg
B: Yanghee Lee
C: Louise Arbour

6. What emergency measure has been launched in Bangladesh, after a boy from Myanmar crossed the border?

A: A polio vaccination drive
B: A terrorist attack alert
C: The establishment of a refugee camp

7. What did an Italian politician want to ban "to avoid public service television becoming a media execution squad ready to open fire on the Church and the Pope"?

A: A documentary on the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church
B: A drama about the Vatican's opposition to the Da Vinci Code
C: Condom advertising

8. Who said: "The politics of fear are fuelling a downward spiral of human rights abuse in which no right is sacrosanct and no person safe"?

A: Paris Hilton
B: Louise Arbour
C: Irene Khan

9. What do the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child address?

A: The Involvement of Children in Prostitution and Pornography and Violence Against Children
B: The Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
C: The Sexual Exploitation of Children and the Involvement of Children in Hazardous Work

10. What percentage of Roma children in Serbia complete primary school education, according to a new report?

A: 33 percent
B: 61 percent
C: 13 percent