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Iraq: why did Britain go to war?
www.channel4.com/life/microsites/E/elexion/the_big_ones/iraq/
Why did Britain go to war? The UK officially invaded Iraq over weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Tony Blair and George W Bush accused Saddam Hussein of developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Find out more about the facts surrounding the Iraq war.
Websites
Children's Express
www.childrens-express.org/aboutus/index.htm
Children's Express is a UK-wide news agency producing news, features and comment by young people for everyone. Through a unique learning-through-journalism programme, young people aged 8-18 research and write stories on issues that are important to them for publication in national and local newspapers, magazines, television and radio.
Citizenship Foundation
www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/page.php?40
Challenge yourself with one of the active competitions. Get trained to run your own community project. Liven up the school day with talks and workshops from real lawyers.
Youth Information
www.youthinformation.com/
The National Youth Agency's main aims are to promote young people's personal and social development, and their voice, influence and place in society. The agency also works to improve and extend youth services and youth work, to increase youth participation in society and to promote effective youth policy and provision.
Books
Take Action! A guide to active citizenship by Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger (John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
Great ideas on how to choose an issue, start a club, raise awareness and use the media.
Get this book
Creating Better Cities with Children and Youth: A manual for participation by David Driskell (Earthscan Publications Ltd, 2002)
Get this book
Organisations
UK Youth Parliament
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
Tel: 020 7843 6000
Fax: 020 7278 9512
E-mail: mail@ukyouthparliament.org.uk
Website: www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/
It is the UKYP's aim that by 2006 young people in the UK will be aware that they have their own Youth Parliament, and that provided they are aged between 11 and 18 (inclusive) they have the right to vote for and stand as an MYP.
U What?
Children's Rights Alliance for England
94 White Lion Street
London N1 9PF
E-mail: jmccormack@crae.org.uk (campaign co-ordinator)
Website: www.crights.org.uk/uwhat/
U What? Promotes and supports the effective involvement of 12 to 18-year-olds in the development of government policy and laws that affect them.
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognised human rights. Its vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
