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World Children's Day

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Official name World Children's Day

Also called Universal Children's Day

Observed by International (UN)

Type Cultural, commercial

Date 20 November

Frequency Annual

Related to International Children's Day, Siblings

Day, International Men's Day, International
Women's Day, Father's Day, Mother's
 Day, Parents' Day

Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of children,

whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was
first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it
is celebrated on 1 June in most Communist and post-Communist countries.[1] World
Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the
Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959.[2]

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Origins
o 1.2Global Adoption
o 1.3Recent Initiatives
 2Dates around the world
 3List by country
o 3.1Africa
 3.1.1Cameroon
 3.1.2Central Africa
 3.1.3Egypt
 3.1.4Eritrea
 3.1.5Liberia
 3.1.6Mozambique
 3.1.7Nigeria
 3.1.8South Africa
 3.1.8.1National Children's Day (South Africa)
 3.1.8.2Articulating Life
 3.1.9South Sudan
 3.1.9.1Sudan
 3.1.9.2Tunisia
 3.1.9.3Zimbabwe
o 3.2Asia
 3.2.1Armenia
 3.2.2Azerbaijan
 3.2.3Bangladesh
 3.2.4Cambodia
 3.2.5Mainland China
 3.2.6Hong Kong
 3.2.7Indonesia
 3.2.8India
 3.2.9Japan
 3.2.10Kazakhstan
 3.2.11North Korea
 3.2.12South Korea
 3.2.13Laos
  3.2.14Malaysia
 3.2.15Maldives
 3.2.16Mauritius
 3.2.17Mongolia
 3.2.18Myanmar
 3.2.19Nepal
 3.2.20Pakistan
 3.2.21Palestine
 3.2.22Philippines
 3.2.23Singapore
 3.2.24Sri Lanka
 3.2.25Taiwan
 3.2.26Thailand
 3.2.27Turkey
 3.2.28Qatar
 3.2.29Uzbekistan
 3.2.30Vietnam
o 3.3Europe
 3.3.1Albania
 3.3.2Bosnia and Herzegovina
 3.3.3Bulgaria
 3.3.4Croatia
 3.3.5Czech Republic
 3.3.6Denmark
 3.3.7Finland
 3.3.8Germany
 3.3.9Greece
 3.3.10Hungary
 3.3.11Ireland
 3.3.12Italy
 3.3.13Moldova
 3.3.14Norway
 3.3.15Poland
 3.3.16Portugal and some former colonies
 3.3.17Romania
 3.3.18Russia
 3.3.19Serbia
 3.3.20Slovakia
 3.3.21Spain
 3.3.22Sweden
 3.3.23Switzerland
 3.3.24Ukraine
 3.3.25United Kingdom
o 3.4North America
 3.4.1Canada
 3.4.2Costa Rica
 3.4.3Cuba
 3.4.4Guatemala
 3.4.5Haiti
 3.4.6Honduras
  3.4.7Mexico
 3.4.8Nicaragua
 3.4.9Panama
 3.4.10United States
 3.4.10.1National Children/Child's Day
 3.4.10.2Celebrations in April
 3.4.10.3Second Sunday in June
o 3.5South America
 3.5.1Argentina
 3.5.2Bolivia
 3.5.3Brazil
 3.5.4Chile
 3.5.5Colombia
 3.5.6Ecuador
 3.5.7Paraguay
 3.5.8Peru
 3.5.9Suriname
 3.5.10Trinidad and Tobago
 3.5.11Tuvalu
 3.5.12Uruguay
 3.5.13Venezuela
o 3.6Oceania
 3.6.1Australia
 3.6.2New Zealand
 3.6.3Vanuatu
 4See also
 5References
o 5.1Sources
 6External links

History[edit]
Children's Day in Donetsk, Ukraine, 2011

Origins[edit]
Children's Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend Dr. Charles
Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Massachusetts:
Leonard held a special service dedicated to, and for the children. Leonard named the
day Rose Day, though it was later named Flower Sunday, and then named Children's
Day.[3][4][5]
Children's Day was first officially declared a national holiday by the Republic of Turkey
in 1920 with the set date of 23 April. Children's Day has been celebrated nationally
since 1920 with the government and the newspapers of the time declaring it a day for
the children. However, it was decided that an official confirmation was needed to clarify
and justify this celebration and the official declaration was made nationally in 1929 by
the founder and the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.[6][7][8]
Global Adoption[edit]
International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World
Conference on Child Welfare in 1925. On 4 November 1949, 1 June was established as
the International Day for Protection of Children by the Women's International
Democratic Federation in Moscow.[9] Since 1950, 1 June is celebrated as Children's Day
in many Communist and post-Communist countries.
In 1954, Children's Day was proclaimed by the United Kingdom 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. That is observed to promote the objectives outlined in the Charter and
for the welfare of children. On 20 November 1959, the United Nations adopted
the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.[10] World Children's Day is celebrated on 20
November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN
General Assembly on 20 November 1959.[2]
Recent Initiatives[edit]
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals outlined by world leaders to stop the
spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. Albeit this applies to all people, the primary objective is
concerning children.[10] UNICEF is dedicated to meeting the six of eight goals that apply
to the needs of children so that they are all entitled to fundamental rights written in the
1989 international human rights treaty. [11] UNICEF delivers vaccines, works with
policymakers for good health care and education and works exclusively to help children
and protect their rights.[11]
In September 2012, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations led the
initiative for the education of children. [12] He firstly wants every child to be able to attend
school, a goal by 2015.[12] Secondly, to improve the skill set acquired in these schools.
[12]
 Finally, implementing policies regarding education to promote peace, respect, and
environmental concern.[12] Universal Children's Day is not just a day to celebrate children
for who they are, but to bring awareness to children around the globe that have
experienced violence in forms of abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. Children are
used as laborers in some countries, immersed in armed conflict, living on the streets,
suffering by differences be it religion, minority issues, or disabilities. [13] Children feeling
the effects of war can be displaced because of the armed conflict and may suffer
physical and psychological trauma.[14] The following violations are described in the term
"children and armed conflict": recruitment and child soldiers, killing/maiming of children,
abduction of children, attacks on schools/hospitals and not allowing humanitarian
access to children.[14] Currently, there are about 153 million children between the ages of
5 and 14 who are forced into child labor.[15] The International Labour Organization in
1999 adopted the Prohibition and Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child
Labour including slavery, child prostitution, and child pornography. [15]
A summary of the rights under the convention on the Rights of the Child can be found
on the UNICEF website.[16]
Canada co-chaired the World Summit for children in 1990, and in 2002 the United
Nations reaffirmed the commitment to complete the agenda of the 1990 World Summit.
This added to the UN Secretary-General's report We the Children: End-of Decade
review of the follow-up to the World Summit for Children.[17]
The United Nations children's agency released a study [18] referencing the population
increase of children will make up 90 percent of the next billion people. [19]

Dates around the world[edit]

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The officially recognized date of Children's Day varies from country to country.
Children's Day is celebrated on 1 June in former Soviet Union states (including
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) as well as
other former or current communist states (Albania, Angola, Benin, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Ethiopia, East Germany, Kosovo, Laos, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Mainland
China, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Tanzania, Vietnam and Yemen,
and to the lesser extent in Israel due to the migration of its Soviet Jewish population).
This includes 25 countries which regained independence from USSR, seceded
from Yugoslavia Federation, as well as Czechoslovakia and Ethiopia after their
respective splits.[20]
World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 N