A/RES/73/154
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 70 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 17 December 2018
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/73/585)]
73/154.
Protecting children from bullying
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 69/158 of 18 December 2014 and 71/176 of
19 December 2016 on protecting children from bullying, all its previous resolutions
on the rights of the child and the resolutions adopted by the Hu man Rights Council
that are relevant to the protection of children from bullying,
Reaffirming the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1 and emphasizing that it
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 the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and
Training, 2 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Declaration of Principles on Tolerance 3 and the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention against Discrimination in
Education, 4
Welcoming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in its entirety, 5
especially the Goals and targets aimed at ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and
all forms of violence against and torture of children, and at building and upgrading
education facilities that are child-, disability- and gender-sensitive and provide safe,
non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all children, and
underscoring the importance of its implementation for ensuring the enjoyment of the
rights of the child,
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
Resolution 66/137, annex.
See A/51/201, annex, appendix I.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, No. 6193.
Resolution 70/1.
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