Children’s Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The official recognized date of Children’s Day is 1 June, but varies from country to country. The day is celebrated in 25 countries which regained independence from the USSR, seceded from Yugoslavia, as well as Czechoslovakia and Ethiopia.
About Children’s Day in brief
Children’s Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1925, International Children’s Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on 1 June in most Communist and post-Communist countries. On 20 November 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The officially recognized date from country’s varies from 1 June to 20 November. The United Nations study released a study referencing the increase of children will make up 90 percent of the next billion people. There are about 153 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 who are forced into child labor. The International Labour Organization in 1999 adopted the Prohibition and Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour including slavery, child prostitution, and child pornography. In September 2012, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led the initiative for the education of children. He firstly wants every child to be able to attend school, a goal by 2015. Secondly, to improve the skill set acquired in these schools. Finally, implementing policies regarding education to promote peace, respect, and environmental concern. This added to the commitment to the 1990 World Summit for children in 1990, and in 2002 the U.N. reaffirmed the commitment. to the UN Secretary-general’s report We the Children: End-of-of Decade review of the follow-up to the World Summit to the End of the Decade for Children. The day is celebrated in 25 countries which regained independence from the USSR, seceded from Yugoslavia, as well as Czechoslovakia and Ethiopia after their respective respective splits.
The official recognized date of Children’s Day is 1 June, but varies from country to country. It is observed to promote the objectives outlined in the Charter and for the welfare of children, and to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children. In 1954, Children’s day was proclaimed by the United Kingdom to encourage all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote Mutual exchange and Understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to benefit and promote the welfare. Children are used as laborers in some countries, immersed in armed conflict, living on the streets, suffering by differences be it religion, minority issues, or disabilities. Children feeling the effects of war can be displaced because of the armed conflict and may suffer physical and psychological trauma. The following violations are described in the term ‘children and armed conflict’: recruitment and child soldiers, killingmaiming of children,. abduction of children and attacks on schoolshospitals and not allowing humanitarian access to children. This includes children who have experienced violence in forms of abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals outlined by world leaders to stop the spread of HIVAIDS by 2015, Albeit this applies to all people, the primary objective is concerning children. The goal is to meet the six of eight goals that apply to the needs of children so that they are all entitled to fundamental rights written in the 1989 international human rights treaty.
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