Principles to Stand By Taken from the Source.
Principle One
The child shall enjoy the rights set forth in this Declaration.
All children, without any exception whatsoever, shall be
Entitled to these rights, without distinction or discrimination
on account of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or
other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other
status, whether himself or his family.
Principle Two
The child shall enjoy special protection and shall be given
Opportunities and facilities, by laws and by other means, to
Enable her to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually,
and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions
of freedom and dignity. In the enactment of laws for this purpose
the best interests of the child shall be paramount consideration.
Principle Three
The child shall be entitled from birth to a name and a nationality.
Principle Four
The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security, she shall
be entitled to grow and develop in health; to this end special
care and protection shall be provided both to her and to her mother,
including adequate pre-natal and post-natal care. The child shall
have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical
services.
Principle Five
The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be
given the special treatment, education and care required by his particular
condition.
Principle Six
The child, for the full and harmonious development of her personality,
needs love and understanding. She shall wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of her parents and in any case in an atmosphere of affection and of moral and material security: a child of tender years shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, be separated from her mother. Society and the public authorities shall have the duty to extend particular care to children without a family and to those without adequate means of support. Payment of state and other assistance toward the maintenance of children of large families is desirable.
Principle Seven
The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture, and enable him on a basis of equal opportunity to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his sense of moral and social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society.
The best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his education and guidance; that responsibility lies in the first place with his parents.
The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which should be directed to the same purposes as education; society and the public authorities shall endeavor to promote the enjoyment of this right.
Principle Eight
The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
Principle Nine
The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. She shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form.
Principle Ten
The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and universal friendship and in full consciousness that his energy and talents should be devoted to the service of his fellow men and women.
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