Actions are needed in order to follow up on the ratifications to change, improve and secure the treatment and welfare of children in the world.
The US Department of Defense Thursday ordered a major review of the shootings in an Army base earlier this month.
The sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai was sworn in as the president of the post-Taliban country for the second term on Thursday amid tight security.
US President Barack Obama's just-concluded trip to China once again demonstrated that US-China relations are very broad and deep, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Stephen A. Orlins, said Wednesday.
China's top political adviser, Jia Qinglin, and Philippines Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile pledged to boost cooperation between the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Philippine Senate when they met in Manila on Thursday.
China on Thursday voiced serious concern over the recent plan of Israel to build housing units in East Jerusalem.