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
The Best of ABBA Best of ABBA" was re-released in 1988 on vinyl and CD, but was only available for a short time. All songs written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, except where noted. The Best of ABBA The Best of ABBA is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1975 in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway, and in 1976 in Austria and India. Globally ABBA released "Greatest Hits". The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria and New Zealand, and went on to be certified 24x Platinum in New Zealand and