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Summary: Report submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly which will open on 18 September 2007.
This year's Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is now available. The report has been submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, which will open on 18 September 2007. The work of the General Assembly is conducted in the plenary and the six main Committees. The Third Committee deals with children's rights and human rights in general. Other reports which will be made available shortly for this session include the Report of the Secretary-General on the Girl Child and the Report of the Independent Expert for the United Nations Study on Violence against Children. The General Assembly, by its Resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention was opened for signature in New York on 26 January 1990 and entered into force on 2 September 1990, the thirtieth day after the deposit with the Secretary-General of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. As at 30 June 2007, the Convention had been ratified or acceded to by 193 States. By its Resolution 54/263 of 25 May 2000, the Assembly adopted two Optional Protocols to the Convention. The Optional Protocols entered into force on 12 February and 18 January 2002, respectively. As at 30 June 2007, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict had been ratified by 116 States and signed by 122 States and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography had been ratified by 121 States and signed by 115 States. Further information