On This Day
Monday, 07 December 2009 (8/2009)
Commemorative Issue: UNICEF: Childrens Rights
In every part of the world almost everyone agrees that all people under the age of 18 are children and have the right to special care and protection.
Today's recognition of children's rights as obvious was not a given a few decades ago. It came about through continuous efforts and struggles leading to the most widely accepted agreement on human rights in the world, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was created by UNICEF, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989, and has now completed 20 years of life.
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