A/RES/69/157
Rights of the child
Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and
survival and development, provide the framework for all actions concerning
children,
Recalling the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples 10 of 2007, as well as the outcome document of the high-level plenary
meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, held on 22 and 23 September 2014,11
Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 12 the United
Nations Millennium Declaration13 and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh
special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for
children”,14 and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and
the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development,15 the Dakar
Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum,16 the Declaration on
Social Progress and Development,17 the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of
Hunger and Malnutrition, 18 the Declaration on the Right to Development, 19 the
Declaration of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the
follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children, held in New York from
11 to 13 December 2007,20 the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting
of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York
from 20 to 22 September 2010, 21 the outcome document, entitled “The future we
want”, adopted at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012,22 and the outcome document of
the third Global Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October
2013, and recalling the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children
and Adolescents, held in Stockholm from 27 to 31 August 1996, in Yokohama,
Japan, from 17 to 20 December 2001 and in Rio de Janeiro from 25 to 28 November
2008,
Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on
progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document
of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly23 and on the status of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in Assembly
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10
Resolution 61/295, annex.
Resolution 69/2.
12
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
13
Resolution 55/2.
14
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
15
Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
16
See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World
Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).
17
See resolution 2542 (XXIV).
18
Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5-16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.
19
Resolution 41/128, annex.
20
Resolution 62/88.
21
Resolution 65/1.
22
Resolution 66/288, annex.
23
A/69/258.
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