United Nations Children's Fund

XIV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1391. United Nations Children's Fund

The General Assembly, Having considered chapter VI, section III, of the report of the Economic and Social Council,[1] Recognizing the value of the United Nations Children's Fund in focusing international and national attention on the needs of children, Noting the growing significance of aid given through the Fund in helping countries to initiate permanent health, nutrition and welfare services for their children, and in improving the quality and effectiveness of these services, Considering that the aid provided through the Fund constitutes a practical way of international co-operation to help countries to carry out the aims proclaimed in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child,[2] Aware of the importance of the Fund as an essential element in international efforts to help countries, and in particular under-developed ones, raise their standards of living and strengthen their capacity for economic and social progress, Impressed however with the magnitude of the many needs as yet unfulfilled, and the opportunities which exist for the effective use of additional assistance from the Fund, Concerned that, despite continued and, in some cases, increased support from many Governments, the Fund's income for 1959 will be lower than that of 1958, thus reversing the trend of recent years,

1. Expresses the hope that all Governments of States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies will contribute to the United Nations Children's Fund as generously as possible;

2. Congratulates the Fund on its outstanding achievements.

841st plenary meeting,
20 November 1959.

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[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Fourteenth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/4143). [2] See resolution 1386 (XIV).