EU Policy On The Death Penalty

UNITED NATIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Distr.
GENERAL

A/RES/50/155
28 February 1996

Fiftieth session
Agenda item 110

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/50/L.61/Rev.1)]

50/155. Conference of States Parties to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child

The General Assembly,

Recognizing the importance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the valuable contribution of its members to the evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Resolution 44/25, annex./ by its States parties,

Noting with satisfaction that there are now 182 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a figure approaching universal ratification,

Noting that the amendment to article 43, paragraph 2, of the Convention was adopted by the Conference of States Parties to the Convention,

1. Approves the amendment to article 43, paragraph 2, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, replacing the word "ten" withthe word "eighteen";

2. Urges States parties to take appropriate measures so that acceptance by a two-thirds majority of the States parties can bereached as soon as possible in order for the amendment to enter into force.

97th plenary meeting
21 December 1995

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland.