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Background Release

IN SECOND RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE EXPECTED

TO FOCUS ON PEACEKEEPING FINANCING

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION TO HOLD PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR

14-16 MAY AT NADI, FIJI

To Review Political, Economic,

Social Conditions in Small Island Non-Self-Governing Territories

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

6^th Meeting (PM) and

 Round-up

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN,

ADOPTS OUTCOME DOCUMENT -- ‘A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

CHALLENGE OF PROMOTING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN FACE OF HIV/AIDS, ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

AT UN SPECIAL SESSION, HIGH COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH

TO ENSURE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN

Israeli Justice Minister Denounces Use of Children in Terrorist Attacks

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

AS ASSEMBLY CONTINUES SPECIAL SESSION, SPEAKERS ADDRESS

NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON CHILDREN

Among the key issues raised this morning as the General Assembly special session on children continued its general debate were the negative impact of armed conflict on children and the need to put an end to their exploitation.

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

OBSTACLES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FACE MEETING GOALS FOR CHILDREN HIGHLIGHTED

BY AFRICAN STATES, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

WORLD LEADERS URGED TO HEED VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BEGINS THREE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

Children Not Sources of Problems,

But Resources To Solve Them, Youth Representative Tells Assembly

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

16^th Meeting (AM, PM & Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ASSAULTS AGAINST PALESTINIANS BY ISRAELI OCCUPYING

FORCES, REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH FACT-FINDING TEAM

Resolution on Illegal Israeli Actions Adopted

By Vote of 74 in Favour, 4 Against, with 54 Abstaining

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

98^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO REMOVE EAST TIMOR FROM LIST OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING

TERRITORIES UPON INDEPENDENCE, SET FOR 20 MAY