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Menlo School The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, created by the United Nations in 1959, included the right for recreation and play and stated that society and the government would support and promote this right. The Convention of Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1990, also details “the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child, and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.”
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