Question of a convention on the rights of the child.

Publisher	UN General Assembly
Author	UN General Assembly (38th sess. : 1983-1984)
Publication Date	16 December 1983
Citation / Document Symbol	A/RES/38/114
Reference	38
Cite as	UN General Assembly, Question of a convention on the rights of the child., 16 December 1983, A/RES/38/114, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f00e4c.html [accessed 17 September 2023]

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Question of a convention on the rights of the child

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 33/166 of 20 December 1978, 34/4 of 18 October 1979, 35/131 of 11 December 1980, 36/57 of 25 November 1981 and 37/190 of 18 December 1982,

Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolutions 20 (XXXIV)of 8 March 1978, 19 (XXXV) of 14 March 1979, 36 (XXXVI) of 12 March 1980, 26 (XXXVII) of 10 March 1981, 1982/39 of 11 March 1982, and 1983/52 of 10 March 1983, as well as Economic and Social Council resolutions 1978/18 of 5 May 1978, 1978/40 of 1 August 1978, 1982/37 of 7 May 1982 and 1983/39 of 27 May 1983 and Council decisions 1980/138 of 2 May 1980 and 1981/144 of 8 May 1981,

Bearing in mind that children's rights are basic human rights and call for continuous improvement of the situation of children all over the world, as well as their development and education in conditions of peace,

Mindful of the need to keep up the momentum of positive action for the sake of children, generated by the International Year of the Child,

Noting the important role of the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Nations in promoting the well-being of children and their development,

Aware of the importance of an international convention on the rights of the child for more effective protection of children's rights, as well as of the widespread interest in the elaboration of such an international instrument displayed by a growing number of Governments and international organizations,

Considering that the year 1984 will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child,

Reaffirming that mankind owes to the child the best it has to give,

Noting with appreciation that further progress has been made in the elaboration of a draft convention on the rights of the child prior to and during the thirty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights,

1. Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1983/39, by which the Council authorized a meeting of an open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights for a period of one week prior to the fortieth session of the Commission to facilitate and speed up the completion of the work on a draft convention on the rights of the child;

2. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to give the highest priority at its fortieth session to the question of completing the draft convention and to make every effort to submit it, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session, as the Commission's tangible contribution to the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child;

3. Invites all Member States to offer their effective contribution to the completion without delay of the draft convention on the rights of the child;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to the working group to ensure its smooth and efficient work;

5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-ninth session the item entitled "Question of a convention on the rights of the child".

Question of a convention on the rights of the child.

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