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  • International Children's Day Celebrated June 1

    INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATED JUNE 1

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    01.06.2009 12:40 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The International Children's Day is celebrated
    throughout the globe on June 1.

    The Day had its origin in Turkey in 1920 (April 23, 1920) and later
    in the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva,
    Switzerland in 1925. It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as
    the International Children's Day: one theory has it that the Chinese
    consul-general in San Francisco (USA) gathered a number of Chinese
    orphans to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in 1925, which happened
    to be on June 1 that year, and also coincided with the conference
    in Geneva.

    Children's Day was first celebrated worldwide in October 1955, under
    the sponsorship of International Union for Child Welfare in Geneva. The
    idea of a Universal Children's Day was mooted by Rubab Mansoor grade 8
    and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954. Moazzem and
    Abass helped and contributed a lot in this. Universal Children's Day
    takes place on November 20 annually. First proclaimed by the United
    Nations General Assembly in 1954, it was established to encourage
    all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote mutual exchange
    and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to
    benefit and promote the welfare of the world's children. It was also
    chosen as the day to celebrate childhood.

    November 20 is also the anniversary of the day when the United Nations
    General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
    in 1959. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was then signed
    on the same day in 1989, which has since been ratified by 191 states.

    Children's Day is celebrated on 1 June each year. It is usually marked
    with speeches on children's rights and wellbeing, children TV programs,
    parties, various actions involving or dedicated to children, families
    going out etc.
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