United Nations General Assembly A/RES/61/20 Distr.: General 30 November 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 58 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 28 November 2006 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/61/427)] 61/20. Commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Children’s Fund The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 57 (I) of 11 December 1946, by which it established the International Children’s Emergency Fund, 417 (V) of 1 December 1950, by which it affirmed the Fund’s decision to devote a greater share of its resources to programmes outside Europe, 802 (VIII) of 6 October 1953, by which it changed the name of the organization to the United Nations Children’s Fund and removed the time limits from its mandate, 1391 (XIV) of 20 November 1959, in which it saw aid provided by the Fund as a practical way to carry out the aims proclaimed in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1 and 2057 (XX) of 16 December 1965, in which it applauded the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1965 to the United Nations Children’s Fund, Recalling also its resolutions 2855 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971, in which it commended the Fund for its very substantial and significant achievements during its twenty-five years of operation, and 51/192 of 16 December 1996, in which it recognized the important contribution of the Fund in promoting the survival, development and protection of children during its first fifty years of operation, Recalling further its resolutions 33/83 of 15 December 1978 on the International Year of the Child, 44/25 of 20 November 1989 on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 45/217 of 21 December 1990 on the World Summit for Children and S-27/2 of 10 May 2002 in which it adopted the document entitled “A world fit for children”, annexed to that resolution, Congratulates the United Nations Children’s Fund on the occasion of its 1. sixtieth anniversary; 2. Commends the United Nations Children’s Fund for the substantial assistance it has provided to programme countries in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and other agreed development goals in the interest of children; _______________ 1 06-49563 See resolution 1386 (XIV).