Press Release

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

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”.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled to Boston in the afternoon of Sunday, 5 May.

‘USE OF CHILD COMBATANTS WILL CARRY CONSEQUENCES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EVENT ON CHILD SOLDIERS

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the "Reclaiming Our Children" event on child soldiers, held today in advance of the General Assembly special session on children in New York:

GOOD GOVERNANCE AMONG TOP PRIORITIES FOR UN DRUG CONTROL

AND CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE

New Executive Director Sets Out Priorities on First Day in Vienna Post

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4528^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, REITERATES STRONG CONDEMNATION

OF TARGETING, USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS

Council Hears Statements on War Experiences

From Three Children In Prelude to General Assembly Special Session

HIV/AIDS TREATMENT, PREVENTION CAN WORK IN ANY CULTURE,

EVEN POOREST, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco today:

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

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

SAYS UN NEEDS BUSINESS AS FULL PARTNER IN MISSION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorodo, on 6 May: