In Serving the Best Interests of Children, We Serve the Best Interests of All Humanity.

The maxim tells about the application of the principles of upbringing of children to the whole humanity. The term ‘serving the best interests of children’ means building up a world fit for children. This will be such a world where every child can grow to adulthood in health, peace and dignity. Such a world will be peaceful, harmonious, and conducive for all the positive affairs of life. This will not only serve the children, but whole humanity will be better-off with such environment and conditions. So, in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

Creating a world that is fit for children has multifaceted implications. This is to build a world that lacks war and conflicts; where there absence of disease like mumps, measles, cholera, malaria and others which have been howling and growling for human blood for long; where children get clean drinking water and proper sanitation; where all children have access to free education facilities; where they have free of chemical effects, natural food in abundance; and where they have the least economic constraints. Such a world will not be limited to the children. It will affect all the age groups and thus all the humanity. Secondly, the children and youth are the future elders and they will be representing the whole humanity in a decade or two,As Imam Khomeini once said said, while teaching the students back in 60s, that my revolution is yet in the laps of the mothers of my nation.Thus the opportunities of health, education, food, peace, and economic investment will ultimately translate serving the interests of all the humanity.

Last century began with the children having virtually no rights and ended with children having the most powerful legal instrument provided by the United Nations which not only recognizes but protects them. Still we need many concerted efforts to promote children rights, more services aimed at children and youth, more parental involvement, more education, more protection, more health facilities, and overall more economic investment in children. This is in the best interest of humanity in fact.