UN Human Rights Treaties

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Distr. LIMITED E/CN.4/L.1513/REv. l 7 :MARCH 1980 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Thirty-sixth session Agenda item 13 QUESTION OP A CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OP THE CHILD Poland; revised draft resolution The Commission on Human Rights, Having in mind the draft convention on the rights of the child submitted by Poland on 7 February 1978 and the neW amended version of the draft submitted on 3 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 33 a basis for the amended draft convention, Noting the progress in the further elaboration of the final draft of the convention the rights of the child made by the worKing group set up at the thirty-sixth session of the Commission on Human Rights, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/" 8 of 5 MAY 1973 and Genera] Assembly resolution 33/166 of 20 December 1973, as well as General Assembly resolution 34/4 of 18 October 1979 by which the Assembly had borne in mind the question of a convention of the rights of the child. Convinced that, in connexion with the International Year of the Child which was celebrated during the year 1979» it would be desirable to adopt an international convention on the rights of the child, 1• Decides to continue at Its thirty-seventh 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 it General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council; 2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to authorize a one week session of an open-ended working group prior to the thirty-seventh session of the Commission on Human Rights to facilitate completion of the work on a draft convention on the rights of the child, GE.s0-11321