"A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but protects their human rights."  

["Stoljeće početkom kojega djeca zapravo nisu imala nikakvih prava završava tako da djeca imaju najsnažniji pravni instrument, koji ne samo da prepoznaje, nego štiti njihova ljudska prava.”]

Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director

"Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation."

[“Ljudska prava su zapisana u srcima ljudi; ona su tamo bila mnogo prije nego su ljudi koji pišu zakone skicirali prve odredbe.”]

Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

"The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works – and its utility can be seen in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after country, in policy, in practice and in law."

[“Konvencija nije samo vizionarski dokument. Dnevno se podsjećamo da je to dogovor koji funkcionira – njezina se korisnost može primjetiti u svakodnevnoj praksi u koju se, kako sam primjetio, intenzivno uključuje u sve više država, u politiku, u praksu i u zakon.”]

Carol Bellamy, UNICEF Executive Director, Statement to the UNICEF Executive Board, September 1998

"To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children."

[“Da bi sagledali neke aspekte budućnosti ne trebaju nam predviđanja superračunala. Dosta se o sljedećem milenijumu može vidjeti u načinu naše brige za djecu danas. Na svijet sutrašnjice može utjecati nauka i tehnologija, ali više od svega, on već poprima oblik u tijelima i razumu naše djece.”]

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

"A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself."

[“Ujedinjeni narodi koji se ne bi borili za ljudska prava bi bili Ujedinjeni narodi koji se ne bore za sebe.”] 

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

"The well-being of children requires political action at the highest level. We are determined to take that action."

[“Dobrobit djece zahtjeva političku akciju na najvišem nivou. Mi smo određeni da to učinimo.”]

World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children, 1990

"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."

["Nikad ne sumnjajte da mala grupa predanih ljudi može promijeniti svijet; uistinu to je jedino što ga je ikada promijenilo.”]  

Margaret Mead, Anthropologist