The World Summit

For Children 1990

Charmaine Ann L. Cruz

-Largest-ever gathering of heads of state and government
to commit to a set of goals to improve the well-being of
children world wide
The World Summit for Children was a landmark event for the United Nations,
the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and most importantly, for the
world’s children. It was the first time in history when a Summit-level meeting
was held exclusively to address children's issues.

The underlying objective of the Summit was to focus the attention of

international political leaders on the problems of children, and particularly
children's health, at a time when international political alignments and
priorities were changing rapidly. The Summit issued a "World Declaration
on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children" which included
specific goals that the summiteers endorsed "for implementation by all
countries where they are applicable..." prior to the year 2000.
September 29-30, 1990
United Nations
Headquarters in
New York City
•The Challenge: To help countless
children around the world who are
exposed to dangers that hamper their
growth and development. In
particular those that are victims
of poverty, malnutrition, war and
disease.
•The Opportunity: Declares that the fulfillment of
the Summit goals will be an international co-
operation, and leaders worldwide must
implement the obligations agreed upon to on the 
Convention on the Rights of the Child..
•The Task and The Commitment: Both of these
serve to further explain the specific goals of the
Summit.
• Improve Children's Health
• Improve Prenatal Health
• To strengthen the role and status of women
• To provide educational opportunities
• To ameliorate the lives of homeless, refugee,
disabled, and abused children
• To protect children from the dangers of war
• To work for a global attack on poverty
•The Next Step: The adoption of
The Plan of Action to specify how
the World Declaration on the
Survival, Protection, and
Development of Children will be
realized.
The goals set were in the areas of child
survival, development and protection,
supporting sectoral goals such as women’s
health and education, nutrition, child health,
water and sanitation, basic education, and
children in difficult circumstances
 GOALS
-children have a better -children are safe and
quality and improved free from violence,
way of life abuse, neglect and
exploitation;

-children are well

nourished,
have healthy lives and
are active learners
with good quality
education
-children are actively participating in
decision-making processes affecting their
lives according to their evolving
capacities.
 GOALS
GOAL 1:Children have a better quality and improved way of life

• Child poverty incidence is reduced from 31.4 percent in 2015 to 20.35

percent by 2022
• Children from poor and vulnerable households are substantially covered
by universal health insurance and appropriate social protection measures
• The resilience of poor children and those in vulnerable situations are
building up and the exposure and vulnerability of children to climate-
related extreme events and other social and environmental shocks and
disasters are reduced
• All Filipino children have legal identity and that birth registration is
increased to 95 percent in 2022 from 87.4 percent in 2011
 GOALS
GOAL 2: Children are well nourished, have healthy lives and are active learners
with good quality education
• Hunger among children is reduced and their access, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round is ensured
• All forms of malnutrition is reduced by 2022, and that, for children under 5 years of age, stunting is reduced to 21.4
percent from 33.4 percent in 2015 and wasting is reduced to <5 percent from 7.1 percent in 2015 and prevalence of
overweight for the same age group is reduced to <3.9 percent from 3.9 percent in 2015 and that the nutritional needs
of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and other persons are addressed (SDG 2.2)
• Maternal mortality ratio is reduced to less than 90 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2022 from 221 deaths per 100,000
live birth in 2011 (SDG 3.1)
• New-born mortality rate is reduced to 10 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 from 13 deaths per 1,000 live births in
2015 and infant mortality rate is reduced to 15 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 from 23 deaths per 1,000 live
births in 2013
• Under-five mortality is reduced to 22 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022 from 31 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013
• Young girls and boys, 0-4 years old, are prepared and ready for primary education
and formal schooling and that kindergarten net enrolment rate for 5-year-old children is increased to 95 percent in 2022
from 74.65 percent in 2015
• School-age children have access to equitable and quality basic education and that
elementary net enrolment rate is increased to 95 percent in 2022 from 91.05 percent
in 2015 and junior high school net enrolment to 75.44 percent in 2022 from 68.15
percent in 20168 and that girls and boys complete basic education leading to
relevant and effective learning outcomes
• Households and their children have access to safe and affordable drinking water and
to adequate sanitary and hygienic facilities with special attention to the needs of
girls, CWDs and those in vulnerable situations
 GOALS
GOAL 3: Children are safe and free from violence,
abuse, neglect and exploitation;

• Child labor in all its form is reduced by 30 percent from the 2.1
million working children reported in 2011 toward its elimination by
2025
• Child trafficking is reduced in 2022 toward its subsequent
elimination
• Children are prevented and rescued from recruitment as
combatants by non-state armed groups
 GOALS
GOAL 4:Children are actively participating in decision-making processes affecting their
lives according to their evolving capacities.

• A responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative

decision-making among children according to their age level
and evolving capacities