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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

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

The following communiqué was issued today by the Security Council mission to the Great Lakes region on 6 May:

The delegation of the Security Council of the United Nations concluded on 6 May 2002 in Kigali, Rwanda, its mission to the Great Lakes region, which started on 28 April in Pretoria, South Africa, and which included visits to eight countries.