RES/10/8 Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children
Document Type: Final Resolution
Date: 2009 Mar
Session: 10th Regular Session (2009 Mar)
Agenda Item:
Topic: Children
- Main sponsors1
- Co-sponsors37
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Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Austria
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chile
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
Finland
Guatemala
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Morocco
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palestine, State of
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Tunisia
Ukraine
Uruguay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Human Rights Council
Tenth Session
Resolution 10/8. Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Convention in 2009,
Reaffirming also all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Council, the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, the most recent being Council resolutions 7/29 of 28 March 2008 and 9/13 of 24 September 2008 and General Assembly resolution 63/241 of 23 December 2008,
Welcomes the progress made during consultations on the draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children and decides to continue efforts to take action on them at its eleventh session.
42nd meeting 26 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote.]
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