International Day of the Girl Child

A/RES/66/170View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69b Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2012.

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2 subjects

Girls International Days

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Decides to designate 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child, to be observed every year beginning in 2012;

Invites all Member States, relevant organizations of the United Nations system and other international organizations, as well as civil society, to observe the International Day of the Girl Child, and to raise awareness of the situation of girls around the world;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and United Nations organizations.

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