Universal Children's Day Festival in Riyadh

Riyadh, November 23, SPA -- As part of activities of the Ministry of
Culture and Information to support child education and culture, Dr.
Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Subayel, Undersecretary for Cultural Affairs
with the presence of Prince Major-General Bandar bin Abdullah bin
Turki Director of education at the Armed Forces opened here last
night a week-long Festival of Universal Children's Day convened at
King Fahd Cultural Center.

In a press statement, Al-Subayel said the event, which is
commemorated worldwide on November 20 every year to draw attention
towards child's educational, cultural and mental needs.


Under resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly
recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day,
to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding
between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also
as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives
of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The
Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the
date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date
November 20 marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the
Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959, and the Convention on
the Rights of the Child in 1989.


--SPA