GENEVA – SOME 750,000 sexual predators are constantly prowling the Internet in a bid to gain contact with children, a United Nations report warned on Wednesday.
‘The number of sites devoted to child pornography worldwide is growing. The number of predators connected to the Internet at any one time is estimated to be 750,000,’ said Najat Maala, Special Rapporteur on the child prostitution and child pornography issue.
Unicef also estimates there are more than four million websites featuring minors, including those of children aged under two years.
More than 200 new images are also circulated daily, according to Maala, who pointed out the production and distribution of child pornographic images rakes in between US$3 and US$20 billion (S$29 billion) a year.
‘Images of sexually exploited children are not only growing in number but are also increasingly shocking,’ added Ms Maala, who estimates that between 10,000 and 100,000 minors are victims of the child pornography network.
She noted that the age of sexual consent should not be used as an excuse for child pornographic peddlers – as it is used in places where this age limit is lower than the definition of who constitutes a minor.
This is because a ‘child under 18 cannot be considered to be able to consent to sexual exploitation, including child pornography,’ she added. — AFP
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
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National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
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Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
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Third Saturday:
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