2. International Children's Day is held every June 1. It is a festival set up to protect children's rights of survival, health, education and guardianship, improve children's lives and oppose child abuse and poisoning.
3. In order to protect the rights and interests of children all over the world, in June of 1 9491,the Executive Committee of the International Democratic Women's Federation held a meeting in Moscow and decided to designate June1day as International Children's Day every year. After the founding of New China, the State Council of the Central People's Government stipulated on February 23rd that Children's Day in China should be unified with International Children's Day.
Children are the future of the motherland. However, before liberation, the children of working people were deprived of the right to education and a happy childhood. After the founding of New China, the Party and the government attached great importance to the healthy growth of children. Despite the lack of material conditions and difficulties in the early days of liberation, the CPC Central Committee still attached importance to the all-round development of children. 1 949165438+1October, the board of directors of the International Democratic Women's Federation decided that June1day would be the International Children's Day. The newly established Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) decided to designate this day as a festival for children in China. The CPC Central Committee attaches great importance to the first Children's Day in New China. In order to prepare for the celebration of Children's Day on June 1st, in response to the announcements of organizations such as the Democratic Women's Federation? Defend children's rights and strive for peace? In the appeal, 1 1 People's organizations and relevant departments of the Central People's Government in China specially formed the preparatory committee.
The establishment of International Children's Day is related to a massacre in Lidice during World War II. 1June, 942 10, German fascists shot and killed 140 male citizens over 6 years old and all their babies in Dice Village in Tekeli, and took women and 90 children to concentration camps. All the houses and buildings in the village were burned down, and a good village was destroyed by German fascists. After the end of World War II, the world economy was depressed, and thousands of workers lost their jobs and lived a life of hunger and cold. The situation of children is even worse, and some are infected with infectious diseases and die in batches; Others are forced to work as child laborers, tortured, and their lives are not guaranteed. In order to mourn the Lidice tragedy and all the children who died in the war in the world, oppose the abuse and poisoning of children, and protect children's rights, 1949 165438 10, the International Democratic Women's Federation held a board meeting in Moscow, and representatives of various countries angrily exposed the crimes of killing and poisoning children by imperialists and reactionaries of various countries. In order to improve children's lives, the meeting decided to take June 1 day every year as International Children's Day.
1925 in August, representatives from 54 countries in the world were held in Geneva, Switzerland? International conference on children's happiness? A declaration on caring for children and safeguarding their welfare was issued. The International Association for the Happiness of Children initiated the establishment of Children's Day. Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries responded positively and set up their own Children's Day.
7. China Children's Day, originally on April 4th every year, was founded on 193 1 at the suggestion of the Salesian Society of China. 1 949 65438+in February, the government affairs office of the central people's government issued a general order to abolish the old Children's Day and designated June1day as Children's Day in China. Many countries in the world have designated June 1 as Children's Day. In Europe and the United States, the date of Children's Day is different, and public celebrations are rarely held.