Least News: Princess Sofia Attends Seminar at Riksdag on World Children’s Day…. See More

On World Children’s Day, November 20, Princess Sofia of Sweden attended a seminar organized by UNICEF and the Parliament’s UN Network in the First Chamber Hall of the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament). During the seminar, UNICEF’s report State of the World’s Children was presented, followed by an on-stage discussion about the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the report.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1989, and came into effect in Sweden in 1990. On January 1, 2020, the Convention became Swedish law. World Children’s Day is observed annually on November 20 and serves as a global day to celebrate and promote children’s rights.