A/RES/70/137
Rights of the child
against Transnational Organized Crime, 8 and the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 9
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 actions concerning children,
Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, 10 the
United Nations Millennium Declaration 11 and the outcome document of the twentyseventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit
for children”, 12 recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and
the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development, 13 the
Declaration on Social Progress and Development, 14 the Universal Declaration on the
Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, 15 the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples 16 and the outcome document of the high-level plenary
meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous
Peoples, 17 the Declaration on the Right to Development, 18 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, 19 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, 20 and the outcome document of the third Global
Conference on Child Labour, held in Brasilia from 8 to 10 October 2013, and
recalling also the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and
Adolescents, the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable
Development 21 and the World Education Forum 2015, held in Incheon, Republic of
Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015,
Welcoming the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 22
and underscoring the importance of its implementation in ensuring the enjoyment of
the rights of the child,
Taking note 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 Assembly 23 and on the status of the Convention on the
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8
Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.
Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.
10
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
11
Resolution 55/2.
12
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
13
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.
14
See resolution 2542 (XXIV).
15
Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.
16
Resolution 61/295, annex.
17
Resolution 69/2.
18
Resolution 41/128, annex.
19
Resolution 62/88.
20
Resolution 66/288, annex.
21
See A/69/76, annex, enclosure 2.
22
Resolution 70/1.
23
A/70/265.
9
2/16