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Historical dates on child rights
1924 - League of Nations adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Child
1946 - United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, established (renamed to United Nations Children's Fund in 1953)
1959 - Declaration on the Rights of the Child unanimously adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November
1989 - Convention on the Rights of the Child
1990 - UN Special Rapporteur on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography appointed
1990 - African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child adopted by the Organisation of African Unity
Source: Human Rights Education Associates.
