Question of a convention on the rights of the child.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    20 December 1978
UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979), Question of a convention on the rights of the child., A/RES/33/166, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1978, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1978/en/33540 [accessed 18 September 2024]
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33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE*
166. Question of a convention on the rights of the child

The General Assembly, Having in mind its resolution 31/169 of 21 December 1976, in which it proclaimed the year 1979 International Year of the Child, Recalling its resolution 32/109 of 15 December 1977, in which it, inter alia, reaffirmed that the major focus of the International Year of the Child should be at the national level, but that this should be supported by regional and international co-operation, Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 20 (XXXIV) of 8 March 1978[1] and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1978/18 of 5 May 1978 and 1978/40 of 1 August 1978, Bearing in mind that, since the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child,[2] nineteen years have already elapsed, and that during this time the principles of the Declaration have played a significant part in the promotion of the rights of children in the entire world as well as in shaping various forms of international co-operation in this sphere, Considering that during these nineteen years the conditions to take further steps by adopting a convention on the rights of the child have been created, Conscious of the need to strengthen further the comprehensive care and the well-being of children all over the world,

1. Takes note with satisfaction of the decision of the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-fourth, session, in its resolution 20 (XXXIV), to continue at its thirty-fifth session, as one of its priorities, its consideration of a draft convention on the rights of the child;

2. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to organize its work on the draft convention on the rights of the child at its thirty-fifth session so that the draft of the Convention may be ready for adoption if possible during the International Year of the Child;

3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session the question of a convention on the rights of the child.

90th plenary meeting
20 December 1978
[1]2 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1978, Supplement No. 4 (E/1978/34), chap. XXVI, sect. A. [2]3 Resolution 1386 (XIV).
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