The World - News from Dec. 5, 1985
An international conference on child abuse opened in Bern, Switzerland, with a call for action to help victims of beatings, sweatshop labor, forced prostitution or psychologically damaging native practices. About 150 experts from 30 countries are attending the three-day meeting, called by the World Health Organization and the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences.
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