1st Japan rep elected to U.N. child rights panel

1st Japan rep elected to U.N. child rights panel

Lawyer Mikiko Otani is interviewed by Kyodo News at United Nations headquarters in New York on June 30, 2016, after being elected to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. The 51-year-old became the first Japanese independent expert to be elected to the committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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