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Children,5 held in New York on 29 and 30 September 1990, and reiterated in the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;
3.
Reaffirms that all States have a duty to fulfil the obligations
they have undertaken under the various international instruments, and, in this
regard, emphasizes the importance of the full implementation by States parties
of the provisions of the Convention;
4.
Urges States parties to the Convention which have made
reservations to review the compatibility of their reservations with article 51
of the Convention and other relevant rules of international law, with the aim
of withdrawing them;
5.
Also urges States parties to the Convention to accept the
amendment to paragraph 2 of article 43 of the Convention, which would increase
the membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child from ten to
eighteen experts;
6.
Welcomes the report of the Committee on the Rights of the
Child,6 submitted pursuant to article 44, paragraph 5, of the Convention, and
notes with appreciation the constructive role played by the Committee in
creating awareness of the principles and provisions of the Convention and in
providing recommendations to States parties on its implementation;
7.
Calls upon States parties to the Convention to ensure that the
education of the child shall be carried out in accordance with article 29 of
the Convention and that the education be directed, inter alia, to the
development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, for the
Charter of the United Nations and for different cultures and to the
preparation of the child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit
of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of the sexes and friendship among
peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous
origin;
8.
Also calls upon States parties to the Convention, in accordance
with their obligation under article 42 of the Convention, to make the
principles and provisions of the Convention widely known to adults and
children alike;
9.
Stresses that the implementation of the Convention contributes to
the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children as emphasized in
the report of the Secretary-General on the progress at mid-decade on
implementation of General Assembly resolution 45/217 of 21 December 1990 on
the World Summit for Children;7
5
See A/45/625, annex.
6
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement
No. 41 (A/51/41).
7
A/51/256.
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