PRESS CONFERENCE BY United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer

Given the commitments already made this year, the international community had an unprecedented opportunity to make the year 2002 a historic year for moving towards implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, Gordon Brown, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EMINENT PERSONS GROUP

In Africa, an ever-expanding illicit trade in small arms was "thriving on the backs of the continent's youth", Albrecht Muth, Executive Director of the Eminent Persons Group, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.  He hoped to announce shortly the creation of an informal transparency mechanism, which would shed light on small arms transfers to the African continent.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The outcome document of the special session on children included strong language on child rights, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, told correspondents this afternoon during a briefing at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

One of four Palestinian children addressing correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today replied to a question about what she felt when she met an Israeli child, "We don't hate the child.  We hate the occupation."  She said she had no chance to live in peace like other children around the world.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNAIDS AND UNICEF

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS

Representatives of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the Global March against Child Labour this morning expressed their concern about the state of negotiations on the outcome document of the special session on children, at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Netherlands.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION

The launch of a new alliance of public and private sector partners -- the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) -- was announced at a Headquarters press conference today.  GAIN seeks to leverage cost-effective food fortification initiatives to improve health, cognitive development and productivity in developing nations.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNICEF ON CHILD POVERTY REDUCTION

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

About half of the 21 million refugees in the world were children, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FIRST SPECIAL SESSION ROUND TABLE

Co-chairs of round table I of the General Assembly’s special session on children –- the first in a series of three interactive debates on the overarching theme of ”Renewal of the commitment and future action for children in the next decade” -- briefed correspondents on the outcome of their debate at Headquarters this morning.