Media organizations around the world praised the successful global media cooperation on the coverage of the Universal Children's Day, which was initiated by Xinhua News Agency and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The event, which was called "Global News Day for Children," consisted of a publicity campaign and a large-scale global media coverage advocating children's rights.

News Corporation Vice President Dr. Gao Jack Qunyao said the joint action is a historic public welfare event.

Highlighting the great significance of the event, Timur Katayamovich Kuvatov, director of Kazakhstan Today News Agency, urged the media to actively involve themselves in covering stories about children to raise global awareness.

Ahmed Sheikh, editor-in-chief of the Arabic satellite TV channel al-Jazeera, considered the joint media efforts on Universal Children's Day a constructive attempt for cooperation.

Algerian daily Algerie News editor-in-chief Chabi Yacine said the newspaper appreciated Xinhua's effort to jointly launch such a campaign with the UNICEF.

Egyptian daily Today's World issued an article to applaud efforts by international organizations in protecting children's rights. The article also praised the cooperation between Xinhua and UNICEF, saying the purpose of the joint action was to make the whole world know that more efforts should be made to ensure every child around the world lives a happy life.

A total of 927 media organizations from 83 countries and regions joined the 24-hour global campaign from Friday to Saturday for children's rights It was the first time in history that media institutions around the world united to focus on a shared coverage of a subject.

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