Press Release

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

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

$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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PRIVATE SECTOR RISING TO CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

IN REMARKS TO ‘PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE’

Following are the remarks today of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Public-Private Partnership Dialogue, held during the General Assembly’s special session on children:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘VISIONARY LEADERSHIP’ OF BILL, MELINDA GATES,

IN REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION-USA DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Association-USA dinner honouring Bill and Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation, in New York on 8 May:

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.

TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN PEACE MISSION AREAS TO BE DISCUSSED

BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS AT MEETING IN TURIN

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”.