Origin and meaning of International Children's Day 1/6

International 1/6 children are known as Tet for children. This is an opportunity for children to play and receive meaningful gifts from relatives .

History was born

In the dawn of June 1 , 1942 , the Nazis encircled the village of Lebanon (Czechoslovakia), they arrested 173 men, 196 women and children. Here, they brutally massacred 66 people and put 104 children in concentration camps, 88 were killed in the gas chambers, 9 others were taken to the Nazis. The village of Lebanon has no more people.

Vietnam is the first country in Asia and the second country in the world to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Two years later, on June 10, 1944, the Nazis again besieged the town of O-ra-racing (France), which cornered 400 people into the church, including many women and more than 100 children, setting fire. burn miserably.

In remembrance of the hundreds of innocent children who were murdered by the Nazis, in 1949 the International Federation of Democratic Women decided to take the sixth day of the year as a national day to protect children, to demanding national governments to take responsibility for children's lives, reduce military budgets to increase the budget for education, protection and care of teenagers and children. Since 1950, the sixth day of the year has become a children's day.

In fact, June 1 is mostly celebrated in only a few dozen countries under the former Socialism regime . Vietnam is a socialist group, has chosen the sixth day of the International Children's Day. China and the former Soviet Union also choose this year every year to celebrate children and organize child protection programs.

International Children's Day in the world

In 1954, to encourage countries to remember children and protect children's rights, the United Nations proposed the World Children's Day to be held on November 20 each year.

Also on this day, many important events about children in the world took place: The Declaration of Children's Rights (1959), the Convention on Children's Rights was also signed on this day (1989), more Ratified 191 countries. Vietnam is the first country in Asia, the second of the world to sign this Convention.

Although proposed on November 20, but the United Nations allowed member states to organize their own Children 's Day on different elective days. And some countries have celebrated on November 20 in the main countries such as Canada, Australia, Parkistan, Egypt .

International Children's Day is a day when parents express endless love for their children

International Children's Day in Vietnam

In our country, right after gaining independence, every June 1 and Mid-Autumn Festival (15/8 of the lunar calendar) has really become a jubilantly fun day for children all over the country. The first International Children's Day (June 1, 1950) during the period of the resistance against the French colonialism of our nation was going through the most intense period of hardship, but President Ho Chi Minh always thought about the lack of Children all over the country and send letters to congratulate the children and teenagers.

He wrote: 'I love you very much, I promise you that when it comes to chasing away the French invaders, the resistance is successful, I and the Government and unions will try to make you gradually be full, to have fun, be educated, be happy . '.

Since then, every year on the occasion of New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival, children all over the country have welcomed the congratulatory letter from Uncle Ho. Uncle Ho always pays great attention to and teaches his children, in which 5 Articles He teaches teenagers and children have become educational content for Ho Chi Minh Pioneering Youth Team.