A/RES/72/245. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/245
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 245

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

23 Janu ary 201 8

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 68 (a)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 24 December 2017

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/72/ 435 )]

72/245. Rights of the child

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing the impo rtance of its resolu tion 44/25 of 20 Nov ember 1989 , by

whic h it adopte d the Conv ention on t he Ri ghts of the Chil d,

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w hich constitu tes t he

stand ard i n the promot ion an d prot ection of th e righ ts of the child, reaffirm ing al so

that Stat es partie s to th e Conven tion sh all unde rtake al l appro priate legi slative,

admi nistrati ve a nd ot her measure s for the imp lementa tion of t he ri ghts recogni zed

ther ein, whil e beari ng in min d the i mportanc e of the Optiona l Protoc ols to t he

Conv enti on

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and calling for their univer sal ratif ication and effec tive imp lementa tion,

as we ll as t hat of o ther hum an right s instru ments,

Reaf firming also all of its previou s re solution s on the right s of the child , the

most recent of which was re solution 71/17 7 of 19 Dece mber 20 16,

Reca llin g a ll other r elevant reso lutions, in cluding re solution s 71/ 167 of

19 Dece mber 2016 o n traffi cking in wom en and girls, 71/ 168 of 19 Decembe r 201 6

on in tensifyi ng globa l efforts for the eliminat ion of fe male gen ital mut ilation, 71/17 0

of 1 9 Decemb er 201 6 entit led “I ntensifi cation of effor ts to prevent and el iminate all

forms of viol ence a gainst wo men an d girl s: dom estic viol ence”, 71/17 5 of

19 Dece mber 2 016 on child, early and f orced marriage , and 71/176 o f 19 De cember

2016 on prot ecting c hildren from bu llying,

Reaf firm ing the Uni versal Declarat ion of Human R ights,

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whi ch proc laims th at

all human beings are born free and e qual i n dign ity a nd rig hts an d tha t ev eryone is

entit led to al l the rig hts and freedom s set out therein, without distinc tion of a ny kind,

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1

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1577, No. 27 531.

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Ibid., vols. 2 171 an d 2173 , No. 2 7531; and res olutio n 66/1 38, annex.

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Resolut ion 21 7 A (III).