UNICEF says more children in school and fewer dying _ but 1 billion still struggle to survivemore images Pope marks anniversary of UN treaty on rights of child, prays for all kids who sufferConservatives prepare for clash over nearly 20-year-old Rights of Child pact, unapproved by USNEW YORK — A global children’s rights treaty, ratified by every U.N. member except the United States and Somalia, has so alarmed its American critics that some are now pushing to add a parental rights amendment to the Constitution as a buffer against it. |