Convention on the Rights of the Child

Table 11

Types of radio and television programmes and their objectives and mission

Item	Subject	Themes
1	Religious	Deepening faith in God and teaching prayer and worship Stories of the life of the prophets and apostles Fatwas and hadith Polite conversation and table manners
2	Practical, scientific and informational	Scientific and educational lessons Learning about scientists and inventors Scientific secrets of the universe
3	Historical	Yemen’s ancient historical monuments; Yemen’s history across the ages Various historical subjects
4	Art of song and music	Children’s songs (Yemeni and Arab) Listeners’ requests
5	Secrets of the life of creatures in the wilderness and seas	Stories about different animals Life of domesticated animals and how to look after them
6	Birds	Life of birds and how to look after them Stories about birds and different bird species
7	Seas	Mysteries of the seas and different sea creatures Pearls and precious stones from the sea
8	Tourism	Introduction to domestic tourism, monuments and climates Tourism trips
9	The Yemeni homeland	Patriotism, unity and the Yemeni revolution Introduction to Yemen’s famous ancient regions, cities and dynasties
10	Other	Various children’s competitions News and sports programmes

Table 12

Total number of broadcasting hours for children’s radio and television programmes

		2003				2004
		Broadcasting hours		Average broadcasting		Broadcasting hours	Percentage increase or decrease
Item	Service	Q S	Percentage	Q S	Q S	Q S
1	General + second programme	2 001 42	33.83	5.29	1 679 6	322 36+	19.21
2	Channel One	3 327 46	56.24	1.8	2 987 55	340 51+	11.41
3	Channel Two	587 36	9.93	1.37	339 51	247 45+	72.90
4	Local radio	15 120
	Total	5 930 244	100	7.73	5 004 112	909 132+	103.52