International Year of the Child
- International Year of the Child
UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. [ [http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32399&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html "Prizes and Celebrations: International Year of the Child"] , UNESCO. Retrieved 6/29/08.] The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979 by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to education. Many of these efforts resulted in the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.
Numerous events took place within the UN and in member countries to mark the event, including the Music for UNICEF Concert, held at the UN General Assembly on January 9.
ee also
*Elizabeth Bodine
*International observance
*International Women's Year
*International Youth Year
*Fear of children
*Children's rights
*Timeline of children's rights in the United Kingdom
*Timeline of children's rights in the United States
References
External links
* [http://www.hrw.org/children/child-legal.htm International legal Standards for Children's Rights]
* [http://www.crae.org.uk/ Children's Rights Alliance England (CRAE) ]
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