Since November 17 till December 3, 2005, in the National Library's Center of documents of international organizations is open a subject book exhibition "Little Palms full of Hopes", devoted to the Universal Children's Day. At the exhibition are presented more than 100 documents of international organizations (UN, UNESСO, EU, Council of Europe etc.) in Russian, Belarusian and English: books, periodicals, mimeographed materials of UN (mastheads), brochures, booklets and posters.

    In the year 1954 (Resolution 836 (IX)) the General Assembly recommended to all countries to introduce into practice celebration of the Universal Children's Day as a day of universal brotherhood and mutual understanding of children. This day is devoted to activity of governments and organizations aimed at providing of children's wellbeing all around the world. The UN General Assembly proposed to governments to celebrate it in any day that they consider appropriate. November 20 is a day when, in 1959, the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, and in the year 1989 - the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

LINKS TO UN's SITES

UNICEF (all in English)

• What We Do
• Voices of Youth
• Monitoring the Situation of Children
• UNICEF and "Say "Yes" to Children"
• UNICEF and Global Movement for Children
• "Innochenti" Research Center

United Nations Organization

    Resolutions by the General Assembly

• Assistance to unaccompanied refugee minors(A/RES/58/150)
• Situation of and assistance to Palestinian children(A/RES/58/155)
• The girl child(A/RES/58/156)
• The Rights of the Child(A/RES/58/157)
• Office of the Special Representative for Situation of Children and Armed Conflicts(A/RES/58/245)
• Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children(A/RES/58/282)

    Reports to the General Assembly

• Report of the Committee for the Rights of the Child(A/59/41)
• Report of Special Representative of UN Secretary -General for Situation of Children and Armed Conflicts(A/59/426)
• Comprehensive assessment of the United Nations System response to children affected by armed conflict : report of the Secretary-General(A/59/331)
• Follow-up to the United Nations special session on children : report of the Secretary-General(A/59/274)

    Subject links

• Special Session on Situation of Children (in Russian)
• Situation of Children and Armed Conflicts (Special Representative of UN Secretary - General) - in Russian.
• Children in Armed Conflicts (Direction for coordination of humanitarian issues)
• Children and UN (in English)
• UN Works for Children
• Wold, Suitable for Children's Life
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Concerning Participation of Children in Armed Conflicts (New York, May 25, 2000)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Concerning Children's Traffic, Prostitution and Pornography (New York, May 25, 2000)

Office of UN Secretary - General for Refugees (all in English)

• Children
• Protecting Refugees Children

International Labor Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

UNESCO (all in English)

• Education - Early Childhood and Family
• Montevideo Declaration on the Use of Children as Soldiers (1999)
• Primary Education
• Program for the Education of Street and Working Children
• Street Children
• Window for Children

World Health Organization (WHO)
Child and Adolescent Health and Development

World Bank

• Children and Youth
• Child Protection Initiatives
• Street Children