United Nations
A/RES/69/158
General Assembly
Distr.: General
3 February 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 64 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/484)]
69/158. Protecting children from bullying
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 that States
parties to the Convention shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative
and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized therein,
Recalling all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child and the
resolutions adopted by the Human Rights Council that are relevant to the protection
of children against bullying,
Recalling also the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education
and Training,2 and noting the adoption of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization Declaration of Principles on Tolerance,3
Taking note of the United Nations report on violence against children of 2006,4
the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence
against Children entitled “Tackling violence in schools: a global perspective —
bridging the gap between standards and practice”, the 2014 thematic report entitled
“Releasing children’s potential and minimizing risks: information and
communication technologies, the Internet and violence against children” and the
2014 report of the United Nations Children’s Fund on violence against children,
entitled “Hidden in plain sight: a statistical analysis of violence against children”,
which included references regarding bullying,
Recognizing that bullying, including cyberbullying, can be expressed through
violence and aggression and that bullying in any form can have a negative impact on
the rights of children and their well-being, and aware of the need to prevent and
eliminate bullying among children,
Concerned about the occurrence of bullying in different parts of the world and
the fact that children who are victimized by their peers may be at heightened risk for
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1
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
Resolution 66/137, annex.
3
A/51/201, annex, appendix I.
4
A/61/299.
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