UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The proclamation was signed on 1 January 1 1979, by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to education.
Details
- Date of Issue: 21 September 1979
- Date Withdrawn:
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer: Gabriel Ellison
- Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa)
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- Sheet:
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Subjects
- 18n – Kalulu and the Tug of War
- 32n – Why The Zebra Has No Horns
- 42n – How The Tortoise Got His Shell
- 58n – Kalulu and the Lion
- 1K 50n – Miniature Sheet