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ICEF/1858-SAG/102-UNEP/108

POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASES KILL MILLIONS OF CHILDREN A YEAR SAYS NEW UN REPORT, RELEASED FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

09/05/2002
Press Release
ICEF/1858
SAG/102
UNEP/108


POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASES KILL MILLIONS OF CHILDREN A YEAR SAYS NEW UN REPORT,


RELEASED FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN


NEW YORK, NAIROBI, GENEVA, 9 May (UNEP/UNICEF/WHO) -- Every day

5,500 children die from diseases caused by consuming water and food polluted with bacteria, according to a new study released by three United Nations agencies.

ICEF/1857-PI/1419

HAS WORLD LIVED UP TO ITS PROMISES TO CHILDREN?

02/05/2002
Press Release
ICEF/1857
PI/1419


Has world lived up to its promises to children?


UN Member States Meet to Review Past Promises and to Set New Goals for Children


New York, 2 May –- An estimated 150 million of the world’s children are malnourished.  Nearly 11 million die before their fifth birthday. Over 120 million are still out of school.  Has the world lived up to its promises to children made at the 1990 World Summit for Children?

GA/9897-ICEF/1848

RECORD NUMBER OF LEADERS TO ATTEND UN SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

08/08/2001
Press Release
GA/9897
ICEF/1848


RECORD NUMBER OF LEADERS TO ATTEND UN SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN


75 Heads of State Confirmed for Special Session of General Assembly


A record number of world leaders will attend a landmark Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on children next month in New York, United Nations officials announced today.