Strongly reaffirms that education is a fundamental human right, a basis for guaranteeing the realization of other human rights and is essential for sustainable development and the promotion of peace and tolerance, as well as key to achieving full employment and poverty eradication, and affirms that quality education provided in safe environments is instrumental in child protection strategies;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Education
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Rights of the child (2016), A/RES/71/177, OP 54.