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
Disillusion (ABBA song) credit to appear on an ABBA album, she also co-wrote a song that ABBA performed in concert, "I'm Still Alive"; recordings of this often appears in bootlegs. The song itself is a folk-pop based ballad somewhat similar to her pre-ABBA solo work. This is Fältskog's first track where she has exclusive lead vocal, and her only one until "The Winner Takes It All" in 1980. (The 1976 song "My Love, My Life" has backing vocals by Fältskog). The track has "sparse instrumentation", and the song has no harmonies from other ABBA members. This is different to the Swedish version she