UN Human Rights Treaties

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Distr. LIMITED E/CN.4/L.1513 28 February 1980 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Thirty-sixth session Agenda item 13 QUESTION OF A CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Poland: draft resolution The Commission on Human Right3, Having in mind the draft convention on the rights of the child submitted by Poland on 7 February 1978 and the amended version submitted on 5 October 1979 (E/CN. 4/1349*), Taking into account the report of the Secretary General (E/CN.4/1324 and Corr. 1 and Add. 1-5) on the views, observations and suggestions on the question of the convention on the rights of the child submitted by Member States, competent specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, which served as a basis for the amended draft convention, Noting the progress in the further elaboration of the final draft of the convention on the rights of the child made by the working group set up at the 36th session of the Commission on Human Rights, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1973/10 of 5 May 1978 and General Assembly resolution 33/166 of 20 December 1978, Convinced that, in connexion with the International Year of the Child which was celebrated during the year 1979 , it would be desirable to adopt on international convention on the rights of the child, 1* Decides to continue at its 37th session, as a matter of priority, its work on a draft convention on the rights of the child with a view to completing the elaboration of the convention at that session for transmission to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council; 2. Invites the Secretary General to consider again the possibility of organizing, within the framework of advisory services in the field of human rights, a two-week seminar on the rights of the child in the light of international instruments concerning human rights and the questions of their implementation and progressive development, 3. Requests the Economic and Social Council to authorize a three-day session of an open-ended working group prior to the 37th session of the Commission on Human Rights to facilitate completion of the work on a draft convention on the rights of the child. GE.8O-10997