Poland. He joined the many others who had expressed appreciation for the comm t 1 .. 1 1 • en s made in that document concern ng a revo ut on for children, but thought that the task of bringing it abOut was not the sole responsibility of UNICEF: it was a challenge for all peoples and Governments, since a country could never do h benefit its children. enoug to 13. The preceding su~r the Polish National Committee for UNICEF h d . . a organ1zed a se::nnar at which the t>est experts on childhood had studied the pract · 1 application of that "revolution•. On the basis of those discuss1· lea ons, a number of specific proposals had been sub~itted to the appropriate authorities and organizations. The ~easures which Poland was implementing as f 11 a 0 ow-up to the se~inar ranged fr~ eli~inating so-called "silent emergencies" to im r . services for children and ~others, including the construction of P OVlng general child health centre. Poland had also decided to raise its annual ac~~~ ~atez:nal and m;ICEF by 30 per cent and ·o~ould continue increasing its suppo t r 1.but1.on to of its interest in expanding international co-operation on be~aif a~ a d7monstration 1985 Poland would invite a group of U!iiCEF officials to parti i f. Chlldren. In c pate 1n a . that would exa~ine the long-tero prospects for international co-o e . sem1nar the fra:::ework of miiCEF' activities. P rat1on within 14. Just as the 1959 Declaration had been intended to f embody a new conceptl.· on child welfare, so, too, the dra t convention should be viewed of as a means of I ... A/C.3/39/SR.48 English Page 5 (Mr. Sokalski, Poland) stimulating the interest of Governments and the public in children in a manner 