Editing World Summit for Children (section)

== Laws established ==
The high point of the Summit was the joint signing of the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children and a Plan of Action on September 30, 1990. The World Declaration on the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children served as a written commitment to children worldwide. It summarizes the reason for the Summit and the goals established. The Plan of Action is a supplement to the World Declaration. It outlines how goals are to be met.

=== World declaration ===
The World Declaration of the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children is subdivided into five categories: The Challenge, The Opportunity, The Task, The Commitment, and The Next Step. 
* The Challenge: To help countless children around the world who are exposed to dangers that hamper their growth and development. In particular those that are victims of [[poverty]], [[malnutrition]], [[war]], and [[disease]].
* The Opportunity: Declares that the fulfillment of the Summit goals will be an international co-operation, and leaders worldwide must implement the obligations agreed upon to on the [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]]. The [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]] was signed in 1989; it was the first international treaty to guarantee civil and political rights as well as economic, social, and cultural rights. The [[United States]] and [[South Sudan]] are the only countries who have not ratified the Convention. 
* The Task and The Commitment: Both of these serve to further explain the specific goals of the Summit.
** Improve Children's Health
** Improve Prenatal Health
** To strengthen the role and status of women 
** To provide educational opportunities
** To ameliorate the lives of homeless, refugee, disabled, and abused children 
** To protect children from the dangers of war
** To work for a global attack on poverty
* The Next Step: The adoption of The Plan of Action to specify how the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection, and Development of Children will be realized.

=== Plan of action ===
The Plan of Action is a framework for more specific national and international undertakings. It addresses every goal individually to ensure the implementation of the Declaration of the World Summit for Children. It also concentrates on the follow-up and monitoring of the progression towards accomplishing each goal. The primary responsibility for the implementation of all goals was given to National Governments. Each country agreed to develop strategies through National Programs of Action to make sure these 27 global goals could become national realities. A total of 155 countries developed National Programs of Action.