40% of worlds kids not registered.BANGKOK Bangkok (băng`kŏk'), Thai Krung Thep, city (1990 pop. 8,538,610), capital of Thailand and of Bangkok prov., SW Thailand, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. -- More than 40 percent of children worldwide were not registered at birth, Plan International Executive Director John Greensmith reports. "After working in many countries, we realized that many children we helped do not exist officially because their births were not registered," said Greensmith. The organization has a commitment to promoting the importance and value of birth registration, without which children can be denied legal rights, thereby hampering their development. The nongovernmental organization nongovernmental organization (NGO) Organization that is not part of any government. A key distinction is between not-for-profit groups and for-profit corporations; the vast majority of NGOs are not-for-profit. announced it would spend $1 billion over the next 10 years on child development in Asia, to help more children grow up to be healthy, educated and responsible, the Bangkok Post The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue came out on August 1, 1946. It was four pages and cost 1 baht. reports. Plan International operates in 45 developing countries, 15 developed countries around the world, and gets 80 percent of its funding from 15 donor countries, including Canada. It has programs in 12 Asian countries Noun 1. Asian country - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent Asian nation country, land, state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" . |
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