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World Children's Day – 20 November

November 22 , 2021 1014 days 675 0
  • The Day was first observed in the year 1954 on 14 December by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
  • Later it aims to commemorate the day of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on the same day in 1959.
  • On 20 November, 1989, UNGA also adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare in 1925.
  • The theme for this year is ‘A Better Future for Every Child’.

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