I refuse to accept that the world is so poor, when just one week of global spending on armies is enough to bring all of our children into classrooms.

We adults, our policies, our ways of governance, are responsible for poverty, not the children.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

The single aim of my life is that every child is:_x000D_ free to be a child,_x000D_ free to grow and develop,_x000D_ free to eat, sleep, see daylight,_x000D_ free to laugh and cry,_x000D_ free to play,_x000D_ free to learn, free to go to school, and above all, free to dream.

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.

World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.