Children's Day: Difference between revisions

International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare in 1925. On 4 November 1949, 1 June was established as the International Day for Protection of Children by the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] in Moscow.<ref name="Yang 2015"/> Since 1950, 1 June is celebrated as Children's Day in many [[List of socialist states|Communist and post-Communist]] countries.

 

On 14 December 1954, a joint resolution by India and Uruguay was passed in the UN General Assembly to encourage all countries to institute a Universal Children's Day, firstly to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to promote the ideals of the [[Charter of the United Nations|UN Charter]] and the welfare of the world's children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UN Yearbook|url=https://www.unmultimedia.org/searchers/yearbook/page.jsp?volume=1954&page=279|access-date=2021-11-14|website=www.unmultimedia.org}}</ref> On 20 November 1959,

The United Nations adopted the [[Declaration of the Rights of the Child]].<ref name="United Nations">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/ |title=United Nations |publisher=United Nations |date=14 December 1954 |access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> '''World Children's Day''' is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the [[Declaration of the Rights of the Child]] by the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] on 20 November 1959.<ref name="World Children's Day">{{cite web|title=World Children's Day|url=https://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/|access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>