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The Second Children's World Congress on Child Labour and Education will be held in New Delhi from September 4-8, 2005 organised by Global March Against Child Labour and hosted by Bachpan Bachao Andolan. The Congress aims to empower children to lead worldwide efforts to end child labour and to ensure free, quality education for all children. Following the landmark success of the Children's World Congress held in Florence, Italy in May 2004, which sent a clear message about the strength of child and youth participation and leadership on child labour and education issues, the 2nd Congress is being organized mainly to enable participation of the children from Asia and Africa, who were left out from the Florence Congress. More than 130 children from 45 countries took part in the Florence Congress. The focus of the event is that the children themselves and the participating children will be the main speakers, decision-makers and the beneficiaries. During the three-day event, the children will interact with world leaders and attend workshops and sessions, including an accountability session, to facilitate the formulation of Children's Plan of Action, which will be presented to the attending governments and international organizations, and will help build on the gains of the first Congress. For participation and further information, Mr. Alok Vajpeyi can be contacted at . You can also log on to www.globalmarch.org for latest developments.

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