The Regional Arab Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education, held in Damascus from September 20 to 22 under the auspices of Mrs. Asma al-Assad, issued on Wednesday the Damascus Declaration for Early Childhood Care and Education. Issued at the conclusion of the Conference's activity, the Deceleration is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the document from the Convention's committee on the importance of early childhood, the recommendations of the World Conference on Education for All Jomtien, 1990, the goals of the World Conference on Education for All Dakar 2000, the goals of the 2nd Arab Action Plan on Childhood for 2004-2015, and the plan for developing education in the Arab world adopted by the Damascus Arab Summit in March 2008.
