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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/212
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)]
49/212.
The plight of street children
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 48/136 of 20 December 1993,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/93 of
9 March 1994, 1/
Welcoming the special attention given to the rights of children in the
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 2/ in particular in section I,
paragraph 21,
Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by its
resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, as a major contribution to the
protection of the rights of all children, including street children,
Reaffirming that children are a particularly vulnerable group in society
whose rights require special protection, and that children living under
especially difficult circumstances, such as street children, deserve special
attention, protection and assistance from their families and communities and
as part of national efforts and international cooperation,
Recognizing that all children have the right to health, shelter and
education, to an adequate standard of living and to freedom from violence and
harassment,
1/
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 4 (E/1994/24), chap. II, sect. A.
2/
Report of the World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna,
14-25 June 1993 (A/CONF.157/24 (Part I)), chap. III.
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