وجميع الحكومات ملزمة، مهما كانت صعوبة ظروف كل منها، باتخاذ تدابير لضمان توفير حماية فعالة للأطفال طبقا للقانون الوطني، وتحسين حالة الأطفال وكفالة تربيتهم وفقا لأعلى قيم الحضارة الإنسانية التي سيرثوها.
However difficult their individual circumstances, all Governments were obliged to take measures to ensure that children were afforded effective protection under national law, to improve the situation of children and to ensure that they were raised according to highest values of the human civilization they were to inherit.