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Thu 06 Jun 2004Ombudsman for Children concerned about referendumReferendum campaign: Ms Emily Logan, the first Ombudsman for Children who was appointed in December, told The Irish Times her primary concern was Articles 2 and 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ireland ratified the convention in 1992.According to Article 2, states must ensure the rights of "each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parents' or legal guardians' race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status".