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
Soldiers (ABBA song) song under the "Best cuts" section of an album review, along with four other songs from the album. "ABBA: Let The Music Speak" says the song has an "unsettling caution" and also "heart and humanity". The synths "gently inflame the sense of yearning throughout, driving along a backing track which features ...bass courtesy of Rutger Gunnarsson". British singer Barbara Dickson covered the song on her 1985 album Gold Soldiers (ABBA song) "Soldiers" is an ABBA song, released on their 1981 album The Visitors. Its working title was "Peasants". The song is a critique of militarism. Billboard explains "emphasizing that although