(Above): South Block, North Block and Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidents House) light up in #GoBlue in solidarity with Child Rights globally, on the eve of World Children’s Day 2021, Nov. 19, in New Delhi. This year, the focus is on learning, recovery and urgency to safely reopen schools. (APHimages)

 

World Children’s Day, first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.

November 20 is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Since 1990, World Children’s Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children’s rights.

Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children’s Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.

World Children’s Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children’s rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.

– United Nations (https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-childrens-day)