A/RES/71/177
Rights of the child
relating to the Status of Refugees 7 and the 1967 Protocol thereto, 8 the International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
Their Families, 9 the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime 10 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime, 11 the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women 12 and the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 13
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, 14 the
United Nations Millennium Declaration 15 and the outcome document of the twentyseventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit
for children”, 16 recalling the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 17 the
Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and
Development 18 and the outcome documents of their review conferences, the
Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of
the World Summit for Social Development, 19 the Declaration on Social Progress and
Development, 20 the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and
Malnutrition, 21 the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples 22 and the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, 23 the
Declaration on the Right to Development, 24 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, 25 the outcome
document, entitled “The future we want”, adopted at the United Nations Conference
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7
Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.
Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.
9
Ibid., vol. 2220, No. 39481.
10
Ibid., vol. 2225, No. 39574.
11
Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.
12
Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.
13
Ibid., vol. 1465, No. 24841.
14
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
15
Resolution 55/2.
16
Resolution S-27/2, annex.
17
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
18
Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994
(United Nations publication, Sales No.E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
19
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.
20
See resolution 2542 (XXIV).
21
Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales
No.E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.
22
Resolution 61/295, annex.
23
Resolution 69/2.
24
Resolution 41/128, annex.
25
Resolution 62/88.
8
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