Press Briefing on World Summit for Children

Press Briefing on United Nations World Summit for Children, held at United Nations Headquarters.

• Categories: Media / Press Conferences
• Video Length: 00:55:53
• Production Date: 29 September 1990
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: HANS DAHLGREN; L. YVES FORTIER; MOHAMED NOMAN GALAL
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION - DPI; UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILD WELFARE; CHILDREN; HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RIGHTS OF THE CHILD; WOMEN'S HEALTH
• MAMS Id: 2488584
• Parent Id: 841866

Description

On 29-30 September 1990 the largest gathering of world leaders in history assembled at the United Nations to attend the World Summit for Children. Led by 71 heads of State and Government and 88 other senior officials, mostly at the ministerial level, the World Summit adopted a Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and a Plan of Action for implementing the Declaration in the 1990s.