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UN General Assembly, United Nations Children's Fund, A/RES/1507, UN General Assembly, 12 December 1960, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1960/en/7219 [accessed 11 September 2024]
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XV. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
1507. United Nations Children's Fund

The General Assembly, Welcoming the action of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund in elaborating the activities to be undertaken by the Fund, within the framework of its responsibilities, in helping countries give effect to the high principles proclaimed in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Recognizing the significant contribution the Fund is making to better living conditions in developing countries and the manner in which it reinforces the effectiveness of other measures taken to this end, Noting that the Fund is taking steps to ascertain the priority needs of children in present changing conditions and to identify the fields in which it might assist in order to contribute to the greatest possible extent to the present and future welfare of children,

1. Commends the United Nations Children's Fund on its achievements;

2. Encourages the Fund to increase aid to countries passing through difficult transitional stages, particularly in Africa, without prejudicing the level of aid to other countries requiring assistance;

3. Expresses the hope that the Fund will receive the necessary financial support to enable it not only to continue its successful work but also increasingly to meet the challenge of extending its services.

943rd plenary meeting,
12 December 1960.
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