Royal Decree 54/96 Approving the Accession of the Sultanate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Arabic

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,

and the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 44/25 at its forty-fourth session held on 5 December 1989.

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate of Oman to the mentioned Convention on the Rights of the Child is hereby approved.

Article II

Competent entities shall undertake the procedures for accession to the convention in accordance with its provisions, subject to the attached reservations.

Article III

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 24 Muharram 1417Corresponding to: 11 June 1996

Qaboos bin SaidSultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 577 issued on 15 June 1996.