In 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world.

The date 20 November, marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989. The 2006 International Day of the Child marks the 17th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The lists below provide links to events organised and statements made on the occasion of Universal Children's Day. Feel free to submit information to CRIN via the website, and it will be added to this page.

Statements
 

• UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflicts: We must protect our children in situations of armed conflict 
• Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant: World Children's Day: Let us listen to children!
• Save the Children UK: Demand for Seasonal Grants as children go without basic items such as heating, clothes and proper food this Christmas 
• Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child-Pakistan:  SPARC Press Release on Universal Children's Day 
• Council of Europe: Statement from Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, on Universal Children's Day: Children of irregular migrants demand particular attention 
• Council of Europe: Statement by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

• World Organisation against Torture (OMCT): Statement on Universal Children's Day: Stop violence against children
• International Labour Organisation (ILO): Universal Children’s Day - Stop violence against children in the workplace 
• National Assembly of Women-UK: National Assembly of Women marks International Day of the Child 2006

Events
 

• Albania: Albania: Parliament holds a public hearing on children's rights (Tirana, 21 November)
• Yemen - World Children’s Day celebrations with the Ebhar Foundation for Childhood and Creativeness 
• Afghanistan - Child Rights Consortium: Live roundtable about child rights (Kabul, 17-20 November) 
• Pakistan - Association of Network for Community Empowerment: Events organised on Child Labour Free Week and Universal Children's Day (Lahore, 13-20 November)
• France - Council of Europe: Ceremony commemorating the Universal Day of Children's Rights and the memory of Janusz Korczak (Strasbourg, 20 November)
• Switzerland - UN Study on Violence Against Children: Book launch (Geneva, 20 November)
• Argentina - UNICEF: Debate: La situación de violencia contra los niños, niñas y adolescentes y la protección de sus derechos en la Argentina (Buenos Aires, 20 November)
• Canada - Canadian Child Care Federation: National Child Day - highlighting the child's right to be heard (Ottawa, 20 November 2006)
• Worldwide - Women's World Summit Foundation: World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse 2006 (19 November)

News
 

• Maroc - Enfants exclus et invisibles - c'est aujourd'hui leur journée mondiale (Libération Casablanca)

Further information

• Universal Children's Day 2004: 15th anniversary of teh Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Previous Events (annual) items

• 19/11/2006: World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse 2006
• 19/11/2006: Journée Mondiale pour la prévention des abus envers les Enfants
• 14/11/2006: 6th meeting of the EFA High-Level Group: Early childhood education top of agenda
• 01/11/2006: Mental Health Today
• 01/11/2006: Commemoration of the International Day of the Child

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