Origin of International Children's Day
International Children's Day was first proposed at the World Conference on Children's Welfare in 1925. Then in 1954, the United Nations launched the World Children's Day, which was celebrated in 20/11 is called the World Children's Day, but also allows member states to choose their own Children's Day.
Some of the countries of the former Xoviet bloc have chosen June 1 as the International Children's Day to commemorate the many children murdered by the Nazis during a siege in Czechoslovakia. Born in 1950, so far many countries have also chosen June 1 is the International Children's Day.
However, there are still a number of countries celebrating International Children's Day on their own. For example, Nigeria on May 27, Japan and South Korea on May 5, Hong Kong on April 4, Tunisia on January 11, Parkistan on July 1, Germany on September 20, Brazil on Oct. 12, Sudan and South Sudan on Dec. 23.
Meaning of International Children's Day
Celebrating International Children's Day celebrates the goals set out in the UN Charter on Universal Child Welfare, and is often accompanied by calls for action by governments to meet the eight on the needs of children included in the 1989 International Covenant on Human Rights.
In addition, International Children's Day not only honors children but also makes people aware of the misery of children around the world caused by war, violence, violence, exploitation and discrimination; slave children, manual labor, live on the streets, be influenced by wars, be accused of religious belief, discriminate against ethnic minorities, or suffer handicapped.
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