37 Rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

(ref: UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org/crc/)

NOTE: October 24th is United Nations Day
The United Nations  Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. On November 20th, 1989, world leaders decided that children needed a special convention [...]

30 Articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(ref: United Nations website (un.org), We Are All Born Free – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures)
From the very beginning, human rights has been a major concern of the United Nations. On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following this [...]

8 UN Millenium Development Goals by the Year 2015

(ref: United Nations)
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 — form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve [...]