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54/263 GA

Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

54
Session
Draft symbol A/54/L.84
Adopted symbol 54/263
UN Document 54/263 ↗

Vote ConsensusA/54/PV.97 May 25, 2000

Speeches following this vote (4) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
Before giving the floor to speakers in explanation of vote after the vote, may I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Ms. Batoréu (Portugal)
The European Union welcomes the adoption today by the General Assembly of the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. We hope that those two legal instruments will become important tools for the promotion and protection of the human rights of all chi…
Mr. Hedman (Sweden)
Having just joined the consensus on the adoption of draft resolution A/54/L.84, on the question of optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Sweden would like, in addition to the European Union statement, make its position clear as to how we understand arti…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 116.
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