| Resolution Number: | 1994-C024 |
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| Title: | Call for Ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
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Resolved, That the 71st General Convention, while recognizing parents as the primary source for loving authority and guidance in the raising of children, calls upon the Senate of the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on January 26, 1990 which recognizes that children have needs and human rights which extend far beyond basic concepts of protection; by committing itself thereby, the government of the United States would then, as most other nations have to date, be fully bound by its positions and answerable to the international community for failure to comply with them; and be it further
Resolved, That the people of every diocese communicate our support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to their United States Senators, recommending ratification as quickly as possible.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 221. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on National and International Problems |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(C024)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 71st General Convention urge every diocese to communicate its support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to its United States Senators, recommending ratification as quickly as possible.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 71st General Convention urge every diocese to communicate its support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to its United States Senators, recommending ratification as quickly as possible , calls upon the Senate of the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on January 26, 1990 which recognizes that children have needs and human rights which extend far beyond basic concepts of protection; by committing itself thereby, the government of the United States would then, as most other nations have to date, be fully bound by its positions and answerable to the international community for failure to comply with them; and be it further
Resolved, That the people of every diocese communicate our support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to their United States Senators, recommending ratification as quickly as possible.
Deputy Simons of Pittsburgh proposed an amendment to C024.
Proposed Amendment:
Following the words "71st General Convention" in line 1 insert the words "while recognizing parents as the primary source for loving authority and guidance in the raising of children,"....
A vote was taken on the Simons amendment to C024.
Motion carried
Simons amendment adopted
A vote was taken on C024 as amended.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #29)
House of Bishops
The Committee on National and International Problems presented its Report #5 on House of Deputies Message #29 on Resolution C024a (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #97)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, August 30.
| Abstract: | The 71st General Convention calls upon the U.S. Senate to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which recognizes that children have human rights which extend far beyond basic concepts of protection. |
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