MPs hiding figures made of clay

MPs who have been appointed special advocates of children in parliament participated in fun events today where they were celebrated for children's issues.

This is stated in a notification from UMFÍ.

« Emergency conditions prevail in the field of children with a variety of problems. This issue is hugely important and I look forward to working on improving the circumstances of the children, « said Jón Gnarr, the Rally MP, in the announcement.

The Children's Convention has been guided by

Jón is among the ten parliamentary members of all parties in parliament, which signed a statement today, which entailed a commitment to have the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as a guiding principle in their work in parliament and strives to adopt child -friendly perspectives.

The MPs made figures made of clay that reminds the MPs to protect the interests of children. Each MP then took the figure with him to put in his office.

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir, President of the Althingi, set the event in the meeting room of the Presidium of Parliament.

Sjanda time as children's advocates are appointed

« After the MPs had finished clay figures that speak for children's affairs, they chose one article from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which had been arranged on cards in the meeting room and set up for shooting, » the announcement states

This is the seventh time that advocates of children in parliament are appointed, and representatives from all parties that are members of parliament come.

Jón Pétur Zimsen and Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, MPs of the Independence Party, Jón Gnarr and María Rut Kristinsdóttir, MPs,