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Photo: Kurdish girl. Iraq, 1997. Copyright Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas
Photo: Kurdish girl. Iraq, 1997. Copyright Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas

5 May 2002

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The first ever Children's Forum at the United Nations runs 5-7 May; it will deliver youth concerns directly to the UN Special Session on Children.
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New UN Children's Forum opens with energy and hope

Top UN officials promise that they will heed children's views at the upcoming UN Special Session on Children.
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Young people tackle critical issues at Model UN

High-school and middle-school students debate and build consensus to find solutions to the world's pressing problems.
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Kofi Annan: We're preparing the future with children, not for them

“…whenever we're tackling any issue, we go to the experts... children are experts at being children…”.
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Special Session: Mission (almost) impossible

More than two years' preparation for an event involving hundreds of world leaders culminates this week.
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Today at the Special Session

In video
In pictures

Watch this space for links to the webcasts of the Security Council discussion on children affected by conflict (Tuesday) and the Special Session General Assembly plenary debates (Wednesday-Friday).

Latest press releases

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Young diarists

Abigail, 16, from the Philippines is one of four young leaders we will be following throughout the week as they participate in the Children's Forum and other events of the Special Session.
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Programme of events

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