(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 20 - Italian President Sergio Mattarella said Wednesday that protecting children from war, violence, exploitation and abuse is not just a legal obligation, it is also "a moral duty that calls upon us all to put the protection of youths at the top of our collective priorities" in his message for World Children's Day.
    The head of State said that ratification by many countries of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was approved by the United Nations General Assembly 35 years ago today, "has not solved existing criticalities. "Millions of children and adolescents in the world are still faced with poverty, social exclusion, inequalities and the denial of fundamental rights," Mattarella continued. (ANSA).