A/RES/51/77 Page 3 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. /...