text: dren in particular. Child labour is more widespread every year. India alone has millions of working children- UNICEF is continu- ing to work with ILO on the question of child labour and supported a tripartite meeting on child labour in Africa, held in Cairo in September. Egypt, the Philippines, Thailand and several Latin American countries started programmes to provide pro- tection and services for working chil- dren in 1989, and a meeting of these countries has been proposed as one means of reviewing experiences and providing guidance tor training mod- ules being prepared by UNICEF and ILO. A UNICEF staff working paper on 'Protecting Working Children1 was published in September. UNICEF continues to expand its co- operation with national and interna- tional NC.Os to raise public awareness and concern on child abuse and ne-glect. This, together with a growing population of working children, is also a large and growing problem in industrialized countries. Concern for street children in the past has been most pronounced in Latin America, where major efforts relate to the promotion in Brazil of children's and adolescent rights, juvenile justice and labour laws. A subregional Central American pro- posal concerning children in espe- cially difficult circumstances is before the 1990 Executive Board. UNICEF also gives support to street children programmes that arc being initiated in Africa and Asia. In 1989 Childhope, the international NGO that deals specifically with the needs of street children, organized the first Asian Regional Conference on Street Children, which did much to promote awareness of the deprivation and risks that children in increasing!}' urban third world countries share. The Con- ference also opened the door to a much wider sharing of agency experi-ences in working with street children. Despite an casing of tensions in some parts of the world, armed con-
analysis: The text appears to be focused on the issue of child labor and street children, highlighting the efforts of UNICEF and other organizations to provide protection and services to these children. The text also mentions the need to raise public awareness and concern on child abuse and neglect. The issues discussed are primarily related to human welfare and social development.