A/RES/63/241. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

Resolution NumberA/RES/63/241
Session63rd
IssuerGeneral Assembly of the United Nation
United Nations A/RES/63/241
General Assembly Distr.: General
13 March 2009
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 60 (a)
08-48525
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 December 2008
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/426)]
63/241. Rights of the child
The General Assembly
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Recalling
its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, the most recent of
which is resolution 62/141 of 18 December 2007, and its resolution 62/140 of
18 December 2007, as well as Human Rights Council resolution 7/29 of 28 March
2008,
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Emphasizing
that the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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must constitute
the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and bearing
in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention,
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as well as
other human rights instruments,
Reaffirming
the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
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the United
Nations Millennium Declaration
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and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh
special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for
children”,
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and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and
the Programme of Action,
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the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World
Education Forum,
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the Declaration on Social Progress and Development,
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the
Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition,
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the
Declaration on the Right to Development
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and the Declaration of the
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1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.
2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
3 Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531.
4 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
5 See resolution 55/2.
6 Resolution S-27/2, annex.
7 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.
8 See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World
Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).
9 See resolution 2542 (XXIV).
10 Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.
11 Resolution 41/128, annex.
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commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome
of the special session on children, held in New York on 11 to 13 December 2007,
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Recognizing
the link between an improved situation for children and achieving
the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals, in particular those related to education, poverty eradication,
gender equality, reduction of child mortality and global partnership for
development, and welcoming in this context the outcomes of the high-level event on
the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York on 25 September 2008,
Recognizing also
the importance of the integration of child rights issues into
the follow-up of the outcome documents of all major United Nations conferences,
special sessions and summits,
Taking note with appreciation
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
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and on the status of
the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues raised in Assembly
resolution 62/141,
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as well as the report of the Committee on the Rights of the
Child,
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Recognizing
the importance of incorporating a child-protection perspective
across the human rights agenda, as highlighted in the 2005 World Summit
Outcome,
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Welcoming
the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities,
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and the attention paid to children in this international instrument,
Noting with appreciation
the attention paid to children in the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
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and
stressing the importance of its entry into force,
Noting with appreciation also
the attention paid to children in the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
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Profoundly concerned
that the situation of children in many parts of the world
remains critical, in an increasingly globalized environment, as a result of the
persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions,
pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, environmental
damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, foreign occupation, displacement,
violence, terrorism, abuse, trafficking in children and their organs, all forms of
exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution, child
pornography and child sex tourism, neglect, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance,
discrimination, racism, xenophobia, gender inequality, disability and inadequate legal
protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action
is called for,
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12 See resolution 62/88.
13 A/63/308.
14 A/63/160.
15 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/63/41).
16 See resolution 60/1, para. 128.
17 Resolution 61/106, annex I.
18 Resolution 61/177, annex.
19 Resolution 61/295, annex.

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