International Year of the Child International Year of the Child UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979 by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to education. Many of these efforts resulted in the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Numerous events took place within the UN and in member countries to mark the event, including the Music for
What It Is to Burn (song) What It Is to Burn (song) "What It Is to Burn" is the title track off the album "What It Is to Burn" by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of "One Tree Hill". A demo version of the song was released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD "Welcome to the Family" in 2001. In an interview with AOL, lead singer Nate Barcalow said he wrote this song from the viewpoint of a man in hell sending a letter to his loved one. "What It Is