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Principle-1
The child shall enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. All children, without any exception shall be entitled to these rights, without distinction or discrimination on account of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, whether or himself or of his family.
Principle-2
The child shall enjoy special protection and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him 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 interest of the child shall be the paramount consideration.
Principle-3
The child shall be entitled from his birth to a nationality.
Principle-4
The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security. He shall be entitled to grow and develop in health to this end, special care and protection shall be provided both to him and to his mother, including adequate prenatal and post-natal care. The child shall have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical services.
Principle-5
The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be given the special treatment, education and care required by his particular condition.
Principle-6
The child, for the full and harmonious development of his personality, needs love and understanding. He shall, wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of his 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 his 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 towards the maintenance of children of large families is desirable.
Principle-7
The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given, education which will promote his general culture and enable him on the basis of equal opportunity to develop his abilities, his individual judgment 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 the 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 purpose as educating society and the public authorities shall endeavor to promote the employment of the right.
Principle-8
The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
Principle-9
The child shall be protected, against all forms of neglect cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic in any form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
Principle-10
The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in the spirit of understanding, tolerance and friendship among peoples, peace and universal brotherhood and in full consciousness that his energy and talents should be devoted to the services of his fellow men.
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