United Nations
A/RES/S-27/2
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 October 2002
Twenty-seventh special session
Agenda items 8 and 9
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole
(A/S-27/19/Rev.1 and Corr.1 and 2)]
S-27/2. A world fit for children
The General Assembly
Adopts the document entitled “A world fit for children” annexed to the present
resolution.
6th plenary meeting
10 May 2002
Annex
I.
Declaration
1.
Eleven years ago, at the World Summit for Children, world leaders made a joint
commitment and issued an urgent, universal appeal to give every child a better future.1
2.
Since then, much progress has been made, as documented in the report of the
Secretary-General entitled “We the Children”.2 Millions of young lives have been saved,
more children than ever are in school, more children are actively involved in decisions
concerning their lives and important treaties have been concluded to protect children.
However, these achievements and gains have been uneven, and many obstacles remain,
particularly in developing countries. A brighter future for all children has proved elusive,
and overall gains have fallen short of national obligations and international commitments.
3.
We, the heads of State and Government and representatives of States participating in
the special session of the General Assembly on children, reaffirming our commitment to
the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, are determined
to seize this historic opportunity to change the world for and with children. Accordingly,
we reaffirm our commitment to complete the unfinished agenda of the World Summit for
Children and to address other emerging issues vital to the achievement of the longer-term
goals and objectives endorsed at recent major United Nations summits and conferences, in
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See A/45/625.
A/S-27/3.