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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/186
26 February 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 98
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/51/606)]
51/186.
Progress at mid-decade on the
implementation of General Assembly
resolution 45/217 on the World Summit for
Children
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 45/217 of 21 December 1990 and 50/120 of 20
December 1995 and its decisions 47/447 of 22 December 1992, 48/446 of 21
December 1993 and 49/439 of 19 December 1994,
Noting with appreciation the near universal ratification of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child1 and the significant progress made in
national capacities to plan, implement and monitor progress for children
within the framework of the needs and rights of the child,
Recognizing the linkage between the eradication of poverty and the
achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,2 and welcomes
the conclusions contained therein;
2.
Welcomes the significant progress reported by most countries on
achieving the majority of the mid-decade goals and objectives of the World
Summit for Children, particularly in immunization, the control of diarrhoeal
diseases, poliomyelitis, Guinea worm and iodine deficiency disorders, and
access to safe water;
1
Resolution 44/25, annex.
2
A/51/256.
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