Unicef, the Save the Children Alliance, and the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs organised the meeting at the Bates-Victoria auditorium in Dhanmondi.

The consultation with and among the children will provide first-hand accounts of child repression, said Humaira Aziz, programme manager of Save the Children, Sweden and Denmark, while briefing the reporters.

The child participants, aged between 8 and 18 years, representing various sections of the society, will put forward their suggestions and recommendations today, the second day of the three-day event.

The 85 children represented various income groups, ethnic community and underprivileged sections. Some of them were abused, some fell victim to trafficking and some are disabled.

During the first day's consultation session, children learned what the Child Rights Convention is and how and when child rights are violated.

The final national recommendations, incorporating those of the children and government initiatives and responses, will be discussed at the South Asian regional consultation scheduled to take place in Islamabad on May 15 and 16, said Humaira Aziz.

The participating children themselves will select four from among them, who will take part in the regional consultation.

The UN Study, rooted in children's human rights to protection from all forms of violence, aims at promoting action to prevent and eliminate violence against children at the local, national, regional and international levels.

On the basis of the study, the UN will prepare a comprehensive report on the child repression in different parts of the world by 2006.

As part of the study, there will be nine regional consultations, with national consultations in all the countries.

Sultan Mahmud, country representative of Save the Children, Sweden and Denmark, and Ummay Habiba of Save the Children, UK, attended the consultation session, moderated by Shamsul Alam Bakul of Save the Children, Sweden.