Full Text of HR0147 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On November 20, 1989, the United Nations General | 3 | | Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 4 | | (Convention) to promote basic human rights for all children; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Convention aims to protect children from | 7 | | discrimination, neglect, and abuse by establishing a full range | 8 | | of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, With the exception of the United States, South | 10 | | Sudan, and Somalia, every other member state of the United | 11 | | Nations - 193 countries - have ratified and accepted the | 12 | | Convention; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Although the United States had considerable | 14 | | influence in the drafting of the Convention and subsequently | 15 | | signed it on February 16, 1995, the Convention has never been | 16 | | presented to the U.S. Senate for advise and consent - the | 17 | | necessary and final step to U.S. ratification; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Without U.S. Senate approval, the Convention has | 19 | | no effect on children living in the United States, thereby | 20 | | leaving them without the protections contained within this | 21 | | important treaty; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, President Obama has previously called the United | 2 | | States' failure to ratify the Convention "embarrassing" and | 3 | | promised to conduct an internal review of this matter; | 4 | | therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 | | urge President Obama to submit the U.N. Convention on the | 8 | | Rights of the Child to the U.S. Senate for its advice and | 9 | | consent without delay, and further call on the U.S. Senate to | 10 | | move swiftly to approve the Convention.
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