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Thu 09 Sep 2008President urges support for children, our 'building blocks of tomorrow'
CHILDREN NEED adult champions, people who will listen to them and are accessible to them, to ensure that their voices are heard and their rights upheld, according to President McAleese, who was speaking at the opening of the conference of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children in Dublin yesterday.
In recent years we had heard stories of those who were abused in institutions, she said.
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