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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/211
17 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 101
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/49/611)]
49/211.
Implementation of the Convention
on the Rights of the Child
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, by which it adopted
the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Recalling also its resolution 47/112 of 16 December 1992 and Commission
on Human Rights resolution 1994/91 of 9 March 1994, 1/
Taking note of the report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on
its second to fifth sessions, 2/ and the meeting of the States parties to
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, held in New York on 10 October
1994,
Reaffirming that the rights of children require special protection and
call for continuous improvement of the situation of children all over the
world, as well as for their development and education in conditions of peace
and security,
Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the
world remains critical as a result of inadequate social and economic
conditions, natural disasters, armed conflicts, exploitation, illiteracy,
hunger and disability, and convinced that urgent and effective national and
international action is called for,
1/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 4 (E/1994/24), chap. II, sect. A.
2/
Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 41 (A/49/41).
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