Press Release

$70 MILLION NEEDED FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN WEST BANK AND GAZA

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 9 May (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has identified an extra $70 million to meet the emergency humanitarian needs of refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, created by the recent Israeli military incursions into the occupied Palestinian territory.

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.

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.

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AND TONGJI UNIVERSITY OPEN NEW CHINESE INSTITUTE

TO AID ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Institute Will Assist Monitoring of Three Gorges

Project, Great Western Development Programme and Olympic Planning

TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN PEACE MISSION AREAS TO BE DISCUSSED

BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS AT MEETING IN TURIN

OBV/272

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY

The following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanfor World Telecommunication Day, which will be observed on 17 May:

      The theme of this year’s observance of World Telecommunication Day is “ICT for all:  empowering people to cross the digital divide”.

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ‘VITAL PARTNERS’ IN IMPLEMENTING AIMS

AND GOALS OF SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the non-governmental organization meeting held during the special session of the General Assembly on children:

‘FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD, THERE IS A SEVEN DOLLAR

RETURN FOR SOCIETY’, KOFI ANNAN SAYS AT SPECIAL SESSION OPENING

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address today at the opening of the General Assembly special session on children:

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