Convention on the Rights of the Child.

1990/74. Convention on the Rights of the Child

The Commission on Human Rights, Welcoming the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the General Assembly in its resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, Encouraged by the fact that an unprecedented number of States became signatories to that Convention at the signing ceremony on 16 January 1990, thereby demonstrating the widespread commitment that exists to strive for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, Noting the World Summit for Children to be held in September 1990, Considering that the Commission should accord special concern to questions relating to the human rights of children, Believing that the attention of the Commission to this question could lead to greater understanding of, and improved responses to, children's special needs and vulnerability, and could also contribute significantly in due course to the work of the future Committee on the Rights of the Child,

1. Calls upon all States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Rights of the Child;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to assume an active role in the diffusion of information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in its promotion, through the World Public Information Campaign for Human Rights and the Advisory Services Programme and in co-operation with the United Nations Children's Fund and other concerned United Nations bodies;

3. Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for submission to the Commission on Human Rights;

4. Decides to include in the agenda of its forty-seventh session of the Commission an item entitled "Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child";

5. Further requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Commission the report of the World Summit for Children as regards the promotion and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

53rd meeting
7 March 1990
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XI.]