The UN and the Mexican Government Urge a Halt to Child Marriage.

UN representatives and Mexican government officials warned at a forum marking Children's Day that greater inter-institutional cooperation is urgently needed in Mexico to end child marriage, as it is the second country in Latin America with the highest number of cases of this "harmful and persistent" practice. Alanna Armitage, a representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), emphasized the importance of developing "joint actions ai…