This volume contains the text of the two documents adopted by the World Conference on Education for All (Jomtien, Thailand, 5-9 March 1990), convened jointly by the executive heads of UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, and the World Bank.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is a human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.
The American Convention on Human Rights articulates the agreed upon human rights of the nations of the Americas. In addition it established the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights which were created to ensure that the nations are upholding the human rights articulated in the Convention.
The Book of Needs Volume I (1947) is UNESCO's first account of post-war educational and cultural losses and needs in 15 countries affected by World War II.