Resolution on the Rights of the Child at the UN General Assembly 2006

Summary: This is the omnibus Resolution adopted at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly on 22 November 2006.

The Resolution is divided into the following sections:

• I Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto (Paragraphs 1 - 6)
• II Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child

     - Registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care (P. 7 - 11)

     - Economic and social well-being of children (P. 12)

     - Violence Against Children (P. 13 - 19)

     - Non-discrimination (P. 20 - 23)

     - Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children in particularly
difficult situations (P. 24 - 33)

     - Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography (P. 34)

    - Children affected by armed conflict (P. 35 - 41)

• III Children and Poverty (P. 42 - 52)
• Follow up

The Resolution was adopted by vote:

In Favor: 176

Against: 1 (the US) –

Abstained: none

In addition to the list of countries present in the copy of the resolution, the following countries are cosponsoring the omnibus resolution on the rights of the child:

Germany, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cote d’ Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, Nigeria, Mali, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sweden, Timor Leste, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Angela, Armenia, Russia, Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, Turkey, Algeria, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mauritania, Malawi, Nepal, Lesotho.