The United Nations says Somalia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, making the United States the only country that has not done so.
The U.N. statement Friday noted that Somalia is the 196th nation to ratify the international human rights treaty that is meant to protect children’s rights to health, education and freedom from discrimination.
The U.S. has never been able to get enough required support from Congress to ratify the treaty. Some members of Congress fear that such treaties could overrule existing U.S. laws.
The U.N. said Somalia’s signing was significant because the east African country, which is trying to rebuild after a long civil war, has “one of the highest under-5 mortality rates in the world.”
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