Preparatory Committee for the

Special Session of the General Assembly

 On the Children’s World Summit

3^rd Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WEIGHS PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT,

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly                        GA/9878/Rev.1*

General Assembly Plenary

Twenty-fifth Special Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CONTINUING SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF HABITAT AGENDA,

Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Summit

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Children's Participation in Legislative PROCESS, NEED FOR PROTECTION

FROM EFFORTS OF ARMED CONFLICT DISCUSSED IN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

Round-up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Releases Final Conclusions, Recommendations on Reports of Denmark, Turkey,

Guatemala, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Bhutan, Monaco

(Reissued as received.)

Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Summit

1^st Meeting (AM)

CHILDREN’S PREPARATORY COMMITTEE BEGINS FINAL SESSION, HEARS CALL BY DEPUTY

SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO CHILDREN’S NEEDS, RIGHTS

United Nations Forum on Forests

Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS BEGINS DELIBERATIONS

Forum Chairman Calls Scheduled Two-Week Session

Decisive Post-Rio Step Towards Sustainable Forest Management

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PROGRESS, SETBACKS

SINCE 1990 WORLD SUMMIT ON CHILDREN

Following is the text of remarks made this morning by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the third substantive session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session on Children:

COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS ARE LEAST ABLE TO PAY

FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL VISIT MIDDLE EAST NEXT WEEK

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: