Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution 2012, para. 12
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Deeply concerned that more than seven million six hundred thousand children under the age of 5 die each year, mostly from preventable and treatable causes, caused by lack of access to health care and services, including access to skilled birth attendants and immediate newborn care, as well as to health determinants, such as clean and safe water and sanitation, and safe and adequate nutrition, and that mortality remains highest among children belonging to the poorest and most marginalized communities,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Social & Cultural Rights
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
Children
Infants
Year
2012
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Rights of the child: Omnibus resolution (2012), A/HRC/RES/19/37, PP 12.