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...areas of law in the country were re-examined to ensure the fullest protection of the child, and the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Education (1994), the Law on State Social Insurance (1997) and many other new laws were instated to protect the child. Reports on adherence to these laws are regularly collected and examined. Innovative childrenfs programming such as gBravoh gCheerful Guysh or eGold Keyf have been produced in concert with leaders of the government, NGOfs, religious leaders, media and the public as one among the many ways Tajikistan hopes to increase awareness of the principles and the goals of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Republic of Tajikistan will share our successes with the global community. I. Children and the Environment Article 36 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan states: State guarantees the rights of each citizen for congefial ecological situation. We have ratified many international environmental conventions, such as the Vienna Convention and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The Republic of Tajikistan approved the State Program on Environmental Education of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan up to 2010, which includes a public education of school children on the environment component. From the dawn of a new environmental awareness in 1960, Tajikistan has been heavily involved in environmental protection as seen in the establishment of an nature protection committee within the Tajik Academy of the Sciences. Currently, between 45-60 percent of Tajiks receive safe drinking water, but most have access to improved means of sewage control. 2. Child Labor: The Plight of Children Living in Poverty The Republic of Tajikistan is committed to eliminating child labor. Work other than simple, non-laborious work for those 14 and over or any such work for those yet to be 18 is banned by the laws of Tajikistan. Child labor opens the way to exploitation and a denial of opportunity and education. Due to the civil war that Tajikistan struggled through in the years following the breakup of the Soviet Union, there has been a growth of child labor. As the education sector has been hit hard, basic school supplies and materials have been absent, leaving children with no encouraging alternatives to child labor. Reports of the Commission on Adolescent Affairs on child labor are reviewed at the Deputy Prime Ministerfs Level. Forced or bonded child labor is compl...