a universal human right, but millions of children still died of malnutrition every year) more than a quarter of the children in the developing world suffered from invisible malnutrition, and two thirds of those under five years of age had no access to clean water. In the poorest areas, children were ill, on the average, 160 days every year. They continued to be the victims of protracted wars and conflicts and suffered discrimination and the abhorrent practices of apartheid. 10. It would be a mistake, however, to assume that the serious problems of children were confined to the developing world alone: 123 million children of school age throughout the world did not attend school. In the highly industrialized countries, the average child in the period between the ages of 5 and 15 witne5sed thousandn of killings on television. Many children were in bondage or exploit~d as child prostitutes. The children of migrant workers and illegal immigrants were e5pecially vulnerable to exploitation. Many poor families could not survive if the children did not work. 11. Street children were a growing problem in many cities. In recent years, there had been cases of traffic in children. United Nations documents revealed that children were being sold for prices ranging from $8 to $50 in professionally organized markets that supplied factories, massage parlours and other eatablishments. The sale of children for adoption, generally from developing to industrialized countries, posed a separate international problem. 12. Unless new ideas and strategies were developed, several million more children would die or suffer mental and physical damage in the decade ahead. The comments on the "child survival and developm~nt revolution" made by the Executive Director of UNICEF in The State of the horld s Children 1984 had had a profound impact in 
**Analysis**
The text discusses various issues affecting children worldwide, including poverty, malnutrition, lack of access to clean water, education, and exploitation. It highlights the struggles of children in both developing and industrialized countries, emphasizing the need for new ideas and strategies to address these problems.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief, Education