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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/77
20 February 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 106
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/51/615)]
51/77.
The rights of the child
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 50/153 of 21 December 1995 and Commission on
Human Rights resolution 1996/85 of 24 April 1996,1
Encouraged by the widespread commitment and political will shown by the
unprecedented number of States that have become parties to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child,2 while noting that the goal of achieving universal
ratification by 1995 was not reached,
Seriously concerned about those reservations to the Convention which are
contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention or otherwise contrary to
international treaty law, and recalling that the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights,3 held at
Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, urges States to withdraw such reservations,
Reaffirming the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, which states
that national and international mechanisms and programmes should be
strengthened for the defence and protection of children, in particular the
girl child, abandoned children, street children, economically and sexually
exploited children, including through child pornography, child prostitution or
1
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1996, Supplement
No. 3, (E/1996/23), chap. II, sect. A.
2
Resolution 44/25, annex.
3
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
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