General Assembly

General Assembly Adopts Convention on Children

20 November 1989

The General Assembly adopts a Convention on the Rights of the Child without a vote.

Seated in the foreground from left to right are Jan Martenson (Under-Secretary-General for Human Rights and Director, United Nations Office in Geneva), Audrey Hepburn (UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador) and James Grant (Executive-Director of UNICEF).

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