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Newsletter of the Aquarian Age
Community
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Thirty
Year Anniversary of the Convention Deputy
Secretary-General Amina Mohammed1 The tragedy is
that the children of the world have paid and
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Thirty years ago, nations
joined together to make a promise to the children of
the world. For the first time in history, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child recognized
that children have the same rights as adults — and
additional rights because of their special status as
dependents. The Convention on the Rights of
the Child set out the rights of every child.
It is the most widely adopted international treaty
in history, and we look forward to the day when all
United Nations Member States give it their full
backing.
1
An address
given for World Children’s Day, in the
UN General Assembly, on the 30th Anniversary of
the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, New York, 20 November 2019. On
Nov. 20, 1989, the United Nations General Assembly
adopted a landmark human rights treaty protecting
children’s rights. This Convention was
negotiated for more than a decade, a process in
which the U.S. played a critical role. The
administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush contributed provisions to the
convention, and in its final form, the treaty
incorporates numerous elements of U.S. law and
practices. Upon circulation, the convention
was widely adopted and became the most ratified
human rights treaty in history. 2 Problems of Humanity, Alice. A. Bailey, Copyright © Renewed 1992 by Lucis Trust, p. 38. |
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