A/RES/68/273
United Nations
Distr.: General
28 May 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 65 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 May 2014
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.46 and Add.1)]
68/273. High-level meeting of the General Assembly on
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
The General Assembly,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1 constitutes the
standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and, bearing in
mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention,2 calling for their
universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other human
rights instruments,
Welcoming the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child, the human rights treaty with the most ratifications in
history, and acknowledging that the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the
Optional Protocols thereto contain a comprehensive set of international legal
standards for the protection and well-being of children,
Recognizing that, while progress has been made, the situation of children is
critical in many parts of the world and many challenges remain to ensure the full
realization of their rights, and that in this regard the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Convention is an occasion for States to reflect on implementation gaps and to
undertake additional measures to ensure children’s rights,
1.
Decides to convene a high-level meeting on 20 November 2014 on the
occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,1 and that the high-level meeting will comprise an opening
plenary meeting and an interactive panel discussion with the meaningful
participation of children;
2.
Decides also that, in addition to the participation of the President of the
General Assembly and the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of the United
Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; and resolution 66/138, annex.
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