A/RES/72/245
Rights of the child
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 4 the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 4 the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 5 the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 6 the 1951 Convention
relating to the Status of Refugees 7 and the 1967 Protocol thereto, 8 the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families, 9 the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime 10 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, 11 the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women, 12 the Convention against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 13 and both the Minimum Age
Convention, 1973 (No. 138),14 and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention,
1999 (No. 182), 15 of the International Labour Organization,
Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and
survival and development, provide the framework for actions concerning children,
Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 16 the United
Nations Millennium Declaration 17 and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh
special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for
children”, 18 recalling the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 19 the
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development 20 and the outcome documents of their review conferences, the
Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the
World Summit for Social Development, 21 the Declaration on Social Progress and
Development, 22 the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and
Malnutrition, 23 the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 24
and the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly
known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 25 the Declaration on the Right
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Ibid., vol. 2716, No. 48088.
Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
Ibid., vol. 2220, No. 39481.
Ibid., vol. 2225, No. 39574.
Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.
Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.
Ibid., vol. 1465, No. 24841.
Ibid., vol. 1015, No. 14862.
Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
Resolution 55/2.
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September
1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
See resolution 2542 (XXIV).
Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.
Resolution 61/295, annex.
Resolution 69/2.
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