Myanmar is endeavouring to ensure equal rights of all children in the country, Xinhua reported quoting a high-ranking Myanmar social welfare official.

There are about 17 million children across the nation who will be leading the future one day and this event aims to leave legacies for the next generation, said Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Win Myat Aye Dr Win Myat Aye on Wednesday in his opening address to mark the 30th anniversary United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Nay Pyi Taw.

The minister outlined five tasks to carry out -- enacting suitable law for the convention, forming a national mechanism to implement the facts, cooperating with domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations and central statistical organizations to monitor and evaluate the implementation of child rights.