| Date |
Event |
| 1923 |
The drafting of the Declaration on the Rights
of the Child by the League of Nations |
| September 26th 1924 |
The adoption by the League of Nations of the
Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child |
| December 19th 1948 |
United Nations General Assembly approved the
adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 1978 |
The drafting of the Convention on the Rights
of the Child by the government of Poland |
| 1979 |
United Nations set up a review committee on
the draft and declared 1979 to be the International Year of the Child |
| November 20th 1989 |
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was
adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. November 20th
is declared as Universal Children's Day. |
| September 2nd 1990 |
The Convention becomes part of International
Law |
| April 19th 1991 |
The government of United Kingdom became a signatory
to the Convention |
| August 29th 1991 |
The government of People's Republic of China
became a signatory to the Convention |
| December 16th 1991 |
The ratification of the Convention by the government
of United Kingdom received at the United Nations |
| March 2nd 1992 |
The ratification of the Convention by the People's
Republic of China received at the United Nations |
| September 7th 1994 |
The United Kingdom extended the ratification
of the Convention to Hong Kong |
| Now |
So far over 190 nations of the world have signed
the Convention making it the most supported Convention in human history |
