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Universal Children’s Day means investing in our future (children), this is why the United Nations (UN) has designated every November 20th as Universal children’s day. The celebration helps to promote togetherness around the world, awareness of the problems children face in every corner of the globe and improve the welfare for all children. The establishment of the Universal Children’s Day could be traced to 1954 where the UN General Assembly adopted the ‘Declaration of the Rights of the Child’. In 1989 the ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ was also adopted by the UN General Assembly. The Children’s Day marks the celebration of both events. The celebration of this  year, 2019  is special because it marks the 30 th anniversary of the ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ (an international agreement on childhood). It becomes the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world. The convention mentions a n