Backgrounder: Key numbers related to child welfare progress since 1989

    BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The international community has been making efforts to improve the welfare of children worldwide with the advocacy of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, approved by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1989.

    The following are some figures released by the UNICEF on the improvement of children's welfare in the past 20 years and the challenges that still remain. Full Story

Backgrounder: International Children's Day and Universal Children's Day

    BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- International Children's Day and Universal Children's Day are two main children's days celebrated around the world. International Children's Day is celebrated on June 1 each year and Universal Children's Day falls on Nov. 20.

    Although they are observed on different dates, the two holidays are both designed to promote the protection of children's rights and the welfare of children worldwide.  Full story

Backgrounder: Major events in protecting rights, welfare of children

    BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency and other leading world media will provide 24-hour global coverage of Universal Children's Day, which falls on Nov. 20.

    The following is a chronology of major events in protecting the rights and welfare of the child since the 1920s. Full story