UN Celebrates 20 Years Of Child Rights Convention
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect "the youngest and most vulnerable members of society".
The convention was signed into international law in 1989 by the UN General Assembly and it took effect one year later following ratifications by governments.
"Its influence has been profound," Ban told an audience at UN headquarters in New York. "It has become history's most widely accepted international human rights treaty."
"But realising the rights in the convention remains a huge challenge," he said, echoing the views of those organisations involved implementing the convention's provisions. Morehttp://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/americas/UN-celebrates-20-years-of-child-rights-convention/Article1-4785
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