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President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first US Children's Day that was celebrated on November 16, 2000. President George W. Bush changed the name to National Child's Day and has proclaimed it to be held in early December since 2001.
Universal Children's Day was introduced by the United Nations in 1954 and is celebrated at various times of the year by amost two hundred countries worldwide that support the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The US and Somalia are the only UN member countries that do not support the UNCRC.
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