160m children face child labour across the globe: Guterres

KABUL (Pajhwok): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says about 160 million children are victims of hard labor around the world.

Guterres made the remarks in his twitter handle on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour.

He wrote: “Shamefully, 160 million children worldwide are victims of child labour today. That's almost 1 in 10 children.”

“On this #EndChildLabour Day we must commit to redouble efforts to stop this harmful practice & protect children from exploitation,” he added.

The World Day Against Child Labour is an International Labour Organization-sanctioned holiday first launched in 2002 aiming to raise awareness and activism to prevent child labour.

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